John is a former federal prosecutor and seasoned first-chair trial lawyer. He has significant experience handling high-stakes and high-profile civil and criminal matters. After practicing at a San Francisco litigation boutique firm, John spent more than eight years with the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (NDCA), where he helped lead some of the office’s most challenging and sensitive cases – including the widely publicized prosecutions of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and chief operating officer Ramesh Balwani. As a prosecutor, John’s trial skills garnered praise from judges, journalists, opposing counsel and even defendants. At Cooley, his practice focuses on responding to government investigations and prosecutions, conducting internal investigations, litigating complex civil matters, and leading trial teams in matters before juries, judges and arbitrators.
