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John C. McMeekin II is a Partner of Rawle & Henderson LLP in the Philadelphia office. He concentrates his law practice in the areas of environmental, toxic and mass torts, products and professional liability and insurance coverage litigation. He represents clients in the United States and abroad as National Coordinating Counsel and local trial counsel in the defense of long-term latent injury and defect, chemical exposure and product liability cases. He is Liaison Counsel to the Court in the Philadelphia County silica litigation. He is South East Regional Counsel to the Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund. Mr. McMeekin is a graduate of Bucknell University and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He has practiced pro hac vice before the state and federal courts in Montana, Texas, Maine, Massachusetts, California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Delaware, Ohio and Hawaii. Mr. McMeekin also serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County handling settlement and pre-trial matters for civil litigation matters before the Court. Mr. McMeekin worked as a Senior Claims Account Executive overseeing complex environmental, toxic tort and coverage related matters. He is a former firefighter and emergency medical technician. In 2001 he was elected and in 2005 re-elected to the Radnor Township School Board of Directors on which he served as the Board President. www.radnor.com. In 2006 he was elected President of the Delaware County Intermediate Unit and Delaware County Vocational Technical Institute which serve the educational needs of Delaware County. He has been a liaison to the Board of Directors of the Delaware County Community College and on the Board of the Radnor Township Parks & Recreation Committee. He is active in the American Bar Association and its leadership in areas of practice, governance and public service. He is the Chair of the ABA TIPS Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Committee. www.aba.org. He also serves on the TIPS CLE Board where he oversees the Mid Year CLE programs. Mr. McMeekin has spoken and presented numerous times on toxic tort and environmental issues, including on the topics of expert testimony and admissibility, diesel emissions, MTBE litigation, electronic discovery, class action litigation and bio-terrorism. Mr. McMeekin is also a frequent newspaper and television commentator concerning issues related to public education and governance. | 