Primary Office
Litigation Matters
A sample of the matters that John has helped clients successfully resolve include:
- Lead trial counsel for defendant pharmaceutical company in breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims regarding the manufacture of generic pharmaceutical products in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Trial counsel for a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Fortune 50 company in arbitration before the National Futures Association.
- Summary judgment for the Defendant in litigation asserting violations of the First Amendment, federal antitrust laws, and litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Breach of contract litigation against a coal mining company over corrosion damage and the return condition of 240 rail cars in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
- Breach of contract litigation involving the administration of employee benefit claims in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Emergency TRO proceedings against the former partners of a start-up company accused of breach of fiduciary duty, Lanham Act violations, and Computer Fraud & Abuse Act litigation.
- Post-trial recovery of judgment for investment partnership in supplemental proceedings in the Circuit Court of Cook County and the First District Appellate Court of Illinois.
- Lead trial counsel for plaintiff real estate developer in breach of contract action and jury trial in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois.
- Lead counsel for plaintiff airline in procuring preliminary injunction against former consultant for trademark infringement and cybersquatting.
- Lead counsel for defendant financial services firm in parallel lawsuits for trademark infringement and theft of trade secrets in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Circuit Court of Cook County, respectively.
- Lead counsel for defendant biofuel company in successful reversal of temporary restraining order involving land use rights relating to the largest dry-mill ethanol facility in the United States.