John M. Bergquist

John Bergquist was born on October 7, 1959, in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. He grew up in south Georgia, Atlanta and Taiwan. While his parents worked in Taiwan, he attended and graduated from Morrison Academy in Taichung, Taiwan. John graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1981 with a B.S. in business administration and accepted full time employment with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. After a successful career servicing national accounts, he returned to law school and earned his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in 1992. While in law school, he was a member of the Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board and successfully wrote and was accepted for membership to both the Trial Advocacy Board and Cumberland Law Review. He graduated as Executive Editor of the Cumberland Law Review.

Mr. Bergquist was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1992, and shortly thereafter to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U. S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. He joined Parsons, Lee & Juliano in 1992 and has worked as a civil trial attorney with the firm since that time. He became a shareholder of the firm in 2002.  In 2007, he became a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Bergquist is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.

Mr. Bergquist has completed numerous jury trials and arbitrations to conclusion at all levels of both state and federal courts. He has presented oral arguments on behalf of his clients before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court. During the last five years, he has successfully handled over 100 construction defect cases in both commercial and residential structures. He has defended statewide and nationwide class actions, and he has assisted in settlement of more than 150 other matters as part of a nationwide class settlement. He has also defended many product liability suits involving subjects from complex industrial equipment to consumer appliances. In addition, he has successfully used mediation to obtain favorable settlements in more than 100 cases.

In recognition of his civil trial accomplishments, Mr. Bergquist has been peer review rated through Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Bergquist's primary areas of practice include general insurance defense litigation, construction defect litigation, product liability litigation, tractor-trailer and other motor vehicle litigation, personal injury litigation, and appellate advocacy.

Mr. Bergquist is married to Karen Bergquist and together they have a daughter and a son. Mr. Bergquist is a member of and on the board of deacons for Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Homewood, Alabama. In his spare time, John enjoys spending time with his family and friends, travel, and all types of outdoor sporting activities.

Recent Highlights
	Jones Food Co. v. Shipman. John Bergquist successfully appeals $300,000.00 verdict, in which Alabama Supreme Court reversed and rendered in favor of Jones Food Company