Francis A Citera

Practice Areas

Litigation

Products Liability & Mass Torts

Class Action Litigation

Appellate

Federal Regulatory & Administrative Law

Retail

Trial Practice

Arbitration & Mediation

Career

Francis A. “Frank” Citera is a nationally-recognized trial lawyer defending clients in class actions, product liability, toxic torts and other complex litigation matters in federal and state courts. With over 35 years of experience, Frank is co-chair of the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Litigation Practice and co-chairs the Chicago Litigation Practice. Frank represents companies in various industries and business sectors including retailers such as Albertson’s, Claire’s Stores, Inc., Sears, and Whole Foods to technology and electronics companies like Qualcomm, Sony Electronics, and Underwriters Laboratories. He has achieved success in defeating class certification, disputing alleged claims in court, and obtaining summary judgments and outright dismissals prior to trial.

Frank handles multi-state consumer class actions and often serves as national coordinating counsel for companies facing multidistrict and overlapping class action proceedings. He advises clients on risk management, crisis management and communications, and product safet matters and has appeared before federal and state agencies such as the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board.