John is a nationally recognized litigator with more than four decades of experience, having practiced in three major metropolitan areas: San Diego, Los Angeles and New York City. He has been involved in many complex federal and state court jury and bench trials and appeals, several resulting in published opinions. John’s business litigation includes cases involving receivers and creditors in Ponzi cases, unfair competition, fraud, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, insurance bad faith and related tax issues. His real estate cases include landslides, soil and water contamination, boundary disputes, inverse condemnation, construction and enforcement of property restrictions.

John also handles real estate transactions often as part of litigated cases, including the purchase and sale of developed and undeveloped land, securing entitlements and structuring transactions to defer taxation.

During law school, John clerked for Joseph L. Alioto, former mayor of San Francisco and renowned anti-trust attorney. In addition, while completing his master’s degree at Columbia University, he worked with Fred Friendly, the former President of CBS News, on the PBS series “Media Law & Society.” He was also staff attorney at the Legal Action Center of New York City, then chaired by Arthur Lyman, former counsel to the Senate during the Iran-Contra hearings.