John represents employers in both federal and state courts, concentrating his practice in employment litigation, including all types of civil rights and employment-related claims.  John also has significant experience in business and product liability litigation, having represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in numerous federal and state courts across the country.  He has substantial experience handling cases involving insurance coverage and bad faith, construction defects, premises liability, and personal injury/wrongful death. He has represented several major life, health, and disability insurance companies in cases involving allegations of bad faith and breach of contract. 

He has significant experience litigating cases in trial courts, the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Representative cases include:

• Obtained summary judgment from an arbitrator against former manager of client’s Russian operations

• Obtained summary judgment on age discrimination claims filed by former second-in-command manager of plant facility, who had worked for company for over 20 years

• Obtained summary judgment on Frampton claims where plaintiff sought permanent disability benefits and damages for wrongful termination

• Defended lawsuits seeking class certification for claims alleging willful violations of Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, settling each case with alleged damages of hundreds of millions for nominal amounts

• Received summary judgment in multiple product liability cases, including claims of failure to warn, strict liability, negligence, and breach of express and implied warranties