Baker Sterchi Member Meghan Kane has been re-elected to the Illinois Defense Counsel (IDC) Board of Directors through June 2028. Her re-election was confirmed at the organization’s annual meeting on June 20.
Kane focuses her civil defense practice on complex business litigation matters, including product liability, premises liability and toxic torts. She serves as national asbestos and toxic tort counsel for a leading provider of merchandise displays, refrigeration systems and installation services to food retailers. Her experience also includes defending personal injury claims involving auto and construction accidents, slip-and-fall incidents and Dram Shop cases, as well as representing municipalities and individual officers in civil matters.
Kane serves as vice chair of the IDC’s Tort Law Committee and co-chairs Baker Sterchi’s Toxic Tort Practice Group. She earned her law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law and is admitted to practice in Illinois and Missouri.
Organized in 1964, the IDC is a statewide organization of civil defense attorneys focused on supporting the defense bar and improving the civil justice system in Illinois.