Jason St. John focuses his practice on commercial litigation, and also handles trademark and intellectual property litigation, telecommunications litigation, real estate litigation, and insurance coverage disputes. He represents professionals in lawsuits alleging professional malpractice, including real estate brokers/agents and insurance brokers.
Mr. St. John litigated numerous matters concerning employee defection and recruitment, including litigating injunction and damages actions relating to: covenants not to compete, non-solicitation, non-use and non-disclosure agreements, unfair competition and employee raiding, trade secrets and confidential business information, fiduciary duty/duty of loyalty claims and statutory issues under the federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act and various state trade secrets and unfair competition statutes.
Mr. St. John has aided carriers and tower companies in all facets of the zoning and siting processes, including representing carriers in litigation arising from infrastructure placement.
His experience also includes counseling and assisting clients with registering and policing domain names, including domain name disputes under ICANN's Uniform Domain Dispute Resolution Policy. He has also litigated federal cases under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Mr. St. John is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law where he teaches courses in pre-trial civil litigation and appellate advocacy.
Mr. St. John is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Memberships and Affiliations
- President, University of Maryland School of Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors
- Member, Nomination Committee, Young Lawyers Division of the Maryland State Bar Association
- Dean, Annual Lawyer's Campaign for the CollegeBound Foundation
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, Baltimore City Bar Association
- Member, Baltimore County Bar Association
- Member, Baltimore Area Advisory Council for Maryland Attorney General, Douglas F. Gansler