Andrew D. Ellbogen received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa School of Law in 1988. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, History and Sociology from the University of Iowa in Iowa City , Iowa in 1985. Mr. Ellbogen is a member of the Federal Trial Bar, having been admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is also an active member of the Tort and Insurance Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Since joining the firm of Kopka Pinkus, Dolin & Eads, Mr. Ellbogen has concentrated his practice in the areas of product liability defense, transportation law and construction litigation. Mr. Ellbogen currently heads the firm's construction litigation department. He has successfully tried several cases to verdict, including several high exposure cases. These include cases in the states of Washington , California and Virginia. Mr. Ellbogen has also developed expertise in cases involving product liability defense, legal malpractice defense construction, transportation, asbestos and employment litigation. Mr. Ellbogen has a multi-state product liability practice, and has litigated product liability, including asbestos cases, within and outside of Illinois for the past 15 years. Mr. Ellbogen is national counsel for a major food produce corporation and coordinates their litigation, nationwide. Mr. Ellbogen regularly conducts in-house seminars on alternative dispute resolution such as mediation and binding arbitration.