Christian E. Ketter is an Adjunct Professor of Law at University of Illinois Chicago Law School and Criminal Procedure at Morton College, and an attorney with Peterson, Johnson & Murray, LLC, practicing appellate representation and commercial litigation. He is a member of the American Association of University Professors. B.A, Communications & Media Studies, cum laude, DePaul University; J.D., cum laude, Dean’s Scholar of The John Marshall Law School. He is a former criminal prosecutor, having worked in Chicago, Illinois as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Prosecutions Bureau. Prior to this Mr. Ketter served as a judicial extern at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit under the Honorable Judge William J. Bauer. He has guest-lectured at Northwestern State University of Louisiana and Morton College respectively on the issues of the career risks for performing artists, rules of evidence and criminal law. Mr. Ketter has written on the subject of constitutional law, First Amendment rights, Second Amendment rights, voting rights, prison rights, administrative law, gun legislation, labor reform, the Roberts Court, and Chief Justice John Marshall. His 2021 grand prize-winning article in the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association legal writing competition was published in the Journal of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. His work has been published in The University of Toledo Law Review, Wayne Law Review, The Arizona State Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, Florida Coastal Law Review, UIC John Marshall Law Review, Campbell Law Review, and Cleveland State Law Review.
The University of Illinois at Chicago John Marshall Law School
School of Law
constitutional law, civil rights law, legal history theory and process, criminal law, criminal procedure, municipal law, employment law, performing arts rights, second amendment, legal history, constitutional theory
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Publications
- Christian Ketter, “Contractual Curtain-Call for the Performing Arts: Nonunionized Stage-Performers Are “Employees” Not “Independent Contractors.”,” Sports and Entertainment Law Journal: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law http://asuselj.org/articles/, Spring 2020. Pages 57
- Christian Ketter, “A Second Amendment in Jeopardy of Article V Repeal, and “AMFIT,” A Legislative Proposal Ensuring the 2nd Amendment into the 22nd Century: Affordable Mandatory Firearms Insurance and Tax (AMFIT), a Solution to Maintaining the Right to Bear Arms,” Wayne Law Review http://waynelawreview.org/a-second-amendment-in-jeopardy-of-article-v-repeal-and-amfit-a-legislative-proposal-ensuring-the-2nd-amendment-into-the-22nd-century-affordable-mandatory-firearms-insurance-and-ta/, Winter 2019. Pages 72
- Christian Ketter, ““Making Administrative Law Strict Again” In the Era of Trump: The Future of the Chevron Doctrine, According to the Federal Judicial Conference,” Florida Coastal Law Review https://www.fcsl.edu/law-review-journals/, Spring 2019. Pages 20
- Christian Ketter, “A Jury of Citizens Both Free and Imprisoned: If Voter Rights are Ensured for the Incarcerated, is a Prisoner’s Right to Serve on a Jury Far-Fetched?,” University of Toledo Law Review, Fall 2019. Pages 20
- Christian Ketter, “The NFL Player, the Schoolchild, and the Entertainer: When the Term "Free Speech" is Too Freely Spoken, Exactly "Who's On First?",” Cleveland State Law Review, Spring 2020. Pages 65
- Christian Ketter, “Chief Justice John Marshall’s Judicial Statesmanship Amid In Re Burr: A Pragmatic Political Balancing Against President Jefferson Over Treason,” UIC John Marshall Law Review, Spring 2021. Pages 121
- Christian Ketter, “Once Similar, Now Disparate: A Reasonable Degree of Possibility, The Illinois Supreme Court Could Follow its Future-Injury Trend for Future-Medical,” Illinois Local Government Lawyer's Association: Grand Prize Winner-Writing Competition 2021, Spring 2021. Pages 13
- Christian Ketter, “A Will and A Way to Discriminate: Can Feinberg’s Dead Hand Continue Categorial Discrimination Without Changing the State Action Doctrine?,” Illinois Bar Journal: 111 Illinois Bar Journal 5 (2023))., May 2023.
- Christian Ketter, “Did The Freedom From Location Surveillance Act Create A New Defense To The 96-Hour Rule To Execute Search Warrants?,” DCBA Brief, Fall 2020. Pages 10
- Christian Ketter, ““Black Lives Matter” And “The Blue Line” Clashed Across The United States In 2020, Raising A Necessary Question For The U.S. Supreme Court: Whether The Heck -Doctrine Bars A Convict’s Challenge For Equal Protection Claims Of Racial-Profiling.,” Campbell Law Review, Fall 2021. Pages 19
- Christian Ketter, “A Constitutional Ship of Theseus,” 110 Illinois Bar Journal 40, May 2022.
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