John C. Gekas

A sample of the matters that John has helped clients successfully resolve include:

• Lead trial counsel for a defendant pharmaceutical company in breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims regarding the manufacture of generic pharmaceutical products in a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Lead trial counsel for the successful prosecution of trade secret, breach of contract, and fraud claims against the former chief executive officer of a financial services company in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Miami.
• Lead trial counsel in the successful defense in a four-day evidentiary hearing for a temporary injunction sought by the Office of Attorney General of the State of Florida for alleged violations of the Florida Deceptive Unfair Trade Practices Act in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, Florida.
• Trial counsel for an alternative energy company in a two-week trade secrets trial in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
• Lead trial counsel for the plaintiff real estate developer in a breach of contract action and jury trial in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, 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 counsel for the plaintiff airline in procuring a preliminary injunction against the former consultant for trademark infringement and cybersquatting.
• Lead counsel for a 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 a defendant biofuel company in the successful reversal of a temporary restraining order involving land use rights relating to the largest dry-mill ethanol facility in the United States.