Chris Livas

Chris Livas

Associate

Chris Livas is an Associate at Keller Postman LLC. Chris combines his experience as a litigator with his background in interpersonal communication to cater specifically to each client’s unique needs with empathy, positivity, and understanding.

At Keller Postman, Chris focuses his practice on complex product liability and mass tort cases.  Currently, he represents plaintiffs nationwide against the manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of the heartburn medication Zantac.

Prior to joining Keller Postman, Chris was an attorney at Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz in Chicago, where he represented plaintiffs in medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases throughout Illinois. During that time, he recovered more than $70 million for his clients.

Chris earned his law degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law where he was a Dean’s List student and was honored as a four-time CALI award recipient for the highest grade in the class for Forensic Evidence, Bankruptcy, Mediation, and Sports Law.  While in law school, he served as a judicial extern in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County for the Honorable Clare E. McWilliams.

Chris earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a member of the National Honor Society for Communication Scholars.

Chris is licensed to practice law in Illinois only.

Education

  • J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
  • B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Previous Affiliations

  • Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz