Jon Christiansen
Jon P. Christiansen is a partner in Foley & Lardner’s Milwaukee office. Mr. Christiansen serves as chair of the firm’s national General Commercial Litigation Group. He formerly chaired the firm’s Distribution and Franchise Practice Group and practices primarily in the areas of distribution and commercial litigation. His experience includes preliminary injunctions, trials, arbitrations and appeals throughout the United States in commercial and distribution cases.
Mr. Christiansen also has lectured frequently to trade associations and business groups on the subject of distribution law, including, most recently, web-based seminars on distributor consolidations and distribution challenges presented by E-Commerce. He has drafted numerous national distribution agreements in diverse industries, has managed distribution channel consolidations, and has counseled with both distributors and manufacturers in resolving distribution disputes.
Mr. Christiansen is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Bar Association. He graduated, magna cum laude, from St. Olaf College with a B.A. degree and was awarded his J.D. degree in 1975 by Vanderbilt University, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review.
Mr. Christiansen served a judicial clerkship in 1975-76 with Judge Griffin B. Bell, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. He has been a partner with Foley & Lardner since 1982. Mr. Christiansen is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers.
Mr. Christiansen is a regular contributor to trade associations and seminars.