John is a member of Greenebaum's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and the Antitrust Team Chair. He practices in complex litigation, including antitrust, securities, financial institutions, insurance, intellectual property and product liability disputes. He has litigated in state and federal courts in many jurisdictions and in AAA and NASD arbitration proceedings. Professional Leadership · President, Federalist Society, Louisville Lawyers Chapter Achievements in Areas of Concentration · Antitrust advice to clients relating to mergers and acquisitions and disputes regarding distribution, franchisor-franchisee relations and pricing · Lead trial counsel for a major sporting goods manufacturer in multi-district federal litigation involving antitrust and tortious inference claims in the context of rule-making by a private standard-setting organization · Represented parties in intellectual property litigation, including trademark, trade dress and publicity rights disputes · Represented parties in numerous matters involving the tobacco industry's Master Settlement Agreement · Represented parties in numerous product liability cases at trial level and on appeal · Represented U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell as amicus curiae in Martin v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2003) · Represented Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson and Greater Louisville, Inc. as amicus curiae in Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education (U.S. 2007) · Represented franchisee group that opposed plaintiff franchisees and supported defendant franchisor in appeal that overturned a $390 million judgment against franchisor in Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc. (4th Cir. 1998) · Represented prevailing defendants in securities actions and arbitrations, including Lampf, Pleva, Lipkin, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson (U.S. 1991), Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. (U.S. 1995), Excel Energy, Inc. v. Commonwealth Institutional Securities, Inc. (Ky. 2001), Mittman v. Rally's Hamburgers, Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2003), and the Securities Industry Association as amicus curiae in Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver (U.S. 1994) · Represented parties successfully challenging constitutionality of punitive damage awards, including defendants in Life Insurance Co. of Georgia v. Johnson (Ala. 1996), and Continental Trend Resources, Inc., v. OXY USA, Inc. (10th Cir. 1996), and amici in BMW of North America, Inc., v. Gore (U.S. 1996) · Represented thrift investors successfully challenging government regulators' enforcement of FIRREA, including plaintiff in Far West Federal Bank, S.B. v. Office of Thrift Supervision Director (9th Cir. 1997), and amici in United States v. Winstar (U.S. 1996) · One of former President Reagan's attorneys during the Iran-contra investigation · One of the attorneys who represented former Los Angeles Police Sergeant Stacey Koon in his successful sentencing appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Rodney King case · Associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C. (1990-1996) · Law Clerk to Hon. J. Smith Henley, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1989-90) Honors and Awards · Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007-2011 in the fields of Antitrust, Appellate and Commercial Litigation Law · Listed in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: General Commercial, 2005-2009 · Recognized in the 2007-2010 Kentucky Super Lawyers® lists Civic and Charitable Involvement · Member, Kentucky Opera Board of Trustees · Vice President, Forum Club of Louisville Selected Publications and Presentations · "'Sorry' Seems to be Neither the Hardest Nor the Last Word for Chinese Product Recalls" in Instant Awareness: An Immediate Look at the Legal, Governmental, and Economic Ramifications of the Mattel Toy Recalls (Aspatore Books 2007) · "So You Have A Big Antitrust Problem: Now What?" in Antitrust Law Client Strategies (Aspatore Books 2007) · "Eight Ways to Sunday: Which Direction, Kentucky Supreme Court?" (coauthored by Paul E. Salamanca), The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (September 2006) · "Litigation for Life: The U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in MedImmune, Inc. v. Genetech, Inc." TerraLex® Intellectual Property Newsletter (April 2006) · "United States v. Dentsply International: Putting Teeth Into Exclusive-Dealing Claims?" Engage - The Journal of the Federalist Society's Practice Groups (October 2005) · "Civil Litigation Resulting From the Erpenbeck Fraud: Mitchell v. Peoples Bank of Northern Kentucky," Office of Continuing Legal Education, University of Kentucky College of Law, 24th Annual Conference on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions (April 2004) · "Sixth Circuit Rejects Claims that Honeywell Has Illegal Tying Arrangement," Corporate Counsel News (Summer 1997) · "A Better Approach to Civil Litigation Reform," The National Law Journal (May 26, 1997) · "Two Recent High Court Cases List GVR Criteria" (coauthored by Theodore B. Olson), The National Law Journal (July 29, 1996) · "Amid Increased Public And Congressional Debate Over Punitive Damages, Supreme Court of the United States Agrees To Hear Another Punitive Damages Case," Century City Lawyer (May 1995) · "The End of the Section 10(b) Aiding and Abetting Liability Fiction," Insights (June 1994) · "Changing the Rules of the Game: The Battle Over FIRREA's Abrogation of Capital Forbearance Agreements," Banking Governance Law Reporter (August 1991) · "A New Ball Game in a New Forum: Cease and Desist Proceedings and Civil Money Penalties in Administrative Proceedings under the Securities Enforcement Remedies Act and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990," in The Securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 (Prentice Hall Law & Business 1990) |