John C. Hughes

John C. Hughes


Meagher + Geer, P.L.L.P.

Recognized since 2009

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
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John has more than twenty years of experience representing clients facing a variety of claims including design defect, manufacturing flaw, failure to warn, and installation and maintenance of products throughout agribusiness, commercial, construction, and industrial sectors. He has extensive experience with the sale, distribution, manufacture, and installation/application of hazardous materials. He regularly represents and tries to verdict cases for clients with asbestos liabilities. John is noted throughout the Midwest for defending complex transportation cases within trucking, recreational vehicles, public transportation vehicle and systems and motor vehicles. More importantly, he has tried over forty cases to jury verdict.

He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Defense Research Institute – national organizations of trial lawyers.

Location
  • 33 South Sixth Street, Suite 4300
    Minneapolis, MN 55402
Education
  • Hamline University, J.D., graduated 1987
Bar Admissions
  • Minnesota, 1987
  • North Dakota, 2004
Affiliations
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Associate

Meagher + Geer, P.L.L.P.
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota

20 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Minneapolis (2025)
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Minneapolis (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Personal Injury Litigation

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