TECH LAW

After graduating from Georgetown Law, ​John began practicing law with Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C., litigating telecommunications antitrust issues before United States District Judge Harold H. Greene in the continuing proceedings arising from the breakup of the AT&T Bell System. After several years, he joined the boutique technology firm of Blumenfeld & Cohen, lead by DOJ trial attorneys from the Bell System litigation, and he subsequently moved to California to help staff their San Francisco office... By the mid-90s, it was clear Congress was getting close to rewriting the Communications Act of 1934, and the rules of the telecommunications industry would change, so John took that opportunity to pursue his passion of trying cases. As part of his pro bono work with Jenner & Block, he already had won a couple major trials - a murder trial in D.C. Superior Court and a death penalty habeas corpus proceeding before the United States District Court of the Western District of Virginia...

Primary location: Lafayette United States