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John is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He was a partner at Jones Day and retired from that firm in 2019 where he had served as head of its Boston litigation practice. In private practice for four decades, John tried dozens of jury and non-jury cases on behalf of officers, employees, shareholders, creditors and financial and banking institutions and partnerships. His cases involved investigations, shareholder disputes, closely-held corporations, successor liability issues, corporate dissolutions, shareholder deadlock, federal securities class actions, ERISA, lender liability, real estate development disputes, partnership accounting, fiduciary duty, and liability arising from mergers and acquisitions and related financial warranties. He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading business trial lawyer in Massachusetts and has been voted by his peers as a Super Lawyer for two decades. John has participated in dozens of ADR proceedings including mediations, arbitrations, case evaluation and mini-trials. He has taught mediation skills at the National Institute of Trial Attorneys and at Jones Day. Read a more complete biography of John.