Partner
CurrentJohn is a Partner in the Litigation Department. He focuses his practice on franchise, complex commercial, and class action disputes. He has served as lead litigator for one of the nation’s leading franchisors and has successfully defended that client and others in a variety of high-stakes franchise-related litigation brought by current and former franchisees, consumers, vendors, and area representatives. John’s extensive trial and arbitration experience includes being part of a trial team that successfully defended a major franchisor in arbitrations related to a multimillion-dollar contract dispute; successfully obtaining dismissal of a RICO class action brought by a putative class of franchisees against the former owner of a franchise system; and defeating a motion for preliminary injunction brought on behalf of over a hundred franchisees.John also routinely represents clients in complex commercial and business litigation. His experience includes first chairing an international arbitration regarding patent rights granted under a settlement agreement, successfully defending a medical device manufacturer in a lawsuit alleging breach of a settlement agreement and violation of the Lanham Act, successfully representing a refrigerant gas company in a multi-million dollar dispute over a post-purchase net working capital adjustment, representing a municipality in environmental litigation, successfully defending a publisher in a defamation suit brought after it published a negative book review, and defending a company and its founder from a buyer’s post-sale fraud claims.John has an active practice defending insurance companies, hospitals, banks, franchisors, and financial service companies from both nationwide and state-specific consumer class actions, including under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Among other things, John has served as lead counsel in a series of nationwide class actions brought against a franchisor for its marketing practices.
