Overview
Prior Experience
Before joining Faegre Drinker, John served as an associate at an AmLaw 100 firm in ERISA litigation where he represented Fortune 500 companies in federal and state court. In that capacity, he was responsible for developing litigation strategies and budgets, as well as handling pleadings, motions, discovery and reporting directly to clients.
John also served as a judicial clerk in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine for the Hon. Judge Lance E. Walker, and as a judicial clerk in the Superior Court for the State of Maine. He also spent time as a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic where he represented indigent clients
John worked as a legal intern at a Fortune 500 company, gaining experience with the in-house team and working on employment and employment benefit law, ERISA litigation, insurance law, alternative dispute resolution, IP law and privacy law.
Additionally, John worked with Local 19 Sheet Metal Workers Union in Philadelphia as a Peggy Browning Fund Legal Fellow.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
New Jersey
New York
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Clerkships
U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, Hon. Lance E. Walker, 2020-2021
Maine Superior Court, 2019-2020
Education
University of Maine School of Law
J.D. cum laude, Maine Law Review (2019)
Long Island University
M.S. in Health & Exercise Science, magna cum laude (2014)
Villanova University
B.A. in History (2012)
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Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Defense Research Institute, Young Lawyers Board Member
Honors
- Maine Law Foundation Alumni Award, 2019
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- Diana DeJesus SBA Distinguished Service Award, 2019
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- ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in Employment and Labor Law, 2019
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- CALI Excellence for the Future Award: State and Local Government Procurement, 2018
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.