Study
University of Amsterdam,
graduate in 1976
Lawyer since
1977
Memberships
APIL, PEOPIL, ALA and AAJ
Ancillary positions
Mediator
Member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice. AAJ
Previously:
President of the European Association of Personal Injury Lawyers PEOPIL (2016-2021). See also the interview with Angela van Leeuwen.
Coordinator of the European Exchange Group Product Liability, Pharmaceutical and Mass Tort of PEOPIL (until 2016)
Chairman of the International Practice Section of AAJ 2011-2013
Member of the College of Delegates Dutch Bar Association 2002-2008
Founder and president of ASP 1997-2009
Awards
On June 2, 2017, John Beer celebrated 40 years as a lawyer and was appointed as a Officer in the order of Orange-Nassau. This royal decoration was presented to him by Mayor Eberhard van der Laan. See also here.
On March 29, 2018, the Blanket Award by the Amsterdam Bar Association to John Beer. He received this honorable prize of the profession from the hands of the Dean
mr. Pieter van Regteren Altena, who gave him spoke.
At his farewell as President of PEOPIL in 2021, he received the Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year Award and also became an honorary member of the organization.
During the annual conference of AAJ held in San Francisco in 2009, John Beer was presented by the President of AAJ with the International Trial Lawyer Leadership Award awarded. Click here for the interview Angela van Leeuwen had with him.
Honorary member of the Association of Lawyers for Victims of Personal Injury (ASP).
Register of Jurisdictions
John Beer has registered the area of law "personal injury law" in the register of areas of law of the Dutch Bar Association.
By virtue of this registration, he is required to obtain ten training points in each registered principal area of law each calendar year according to the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.