With more than three decades of experience as a commercial litigator, John has represented clients— plaintiffs and defendants—in state and federal courts.
He focuses on complex business litigation that includes securities, tax, professional liability, intellectual property and major litigation involving insurance companies. His diverse background also serves him well as an arbitrator and advocate in alternative dispute resolution forums.
Named to The Best Lawyers of America in the area of bet-the-company litigation (2005-2021), John has represented (among others) major automobile manufacturing, hotel, brokerage and insurance companies. In addition, he now heads the firm's pro bono efforts. John also taught for five years as an adjunct professor in the Pretrial Litigation course at Emory University Law School.
- Negotiated the resentencing of a pro bono client who was sentenced as a juvenile to life in prison without parole, resulting in his nearly immediate parole.
- Named to The Best Lawyers of America in the areas of bet-the-company litigation (2005-2021), commercial litigation (2005-2021) and legal malpractice law (2005-2010, 2013-2021)
- Selected as a Georgia Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation (2010-2021)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004-2019)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of general commercial litigation (2003-2019)
- Recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America in the area of bet-the-company litigation (2016)
- Selected for inclusion in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook in the area of dispute resolution (2008-2009)
- Board Member, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Board Member, Atlanta International Arbitration Society
- Georgia
Honorable Irving Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- B.A., Emory University,
Phi Beta Kappa
- M.A., Florida State University
- J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School,
Senior Editor, Harvard Law Review
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