John’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including contract disputes, business torts, class actions, and insurance coverage matters.
John has experience in all phases of litigation, from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal. John works with a wide variety of clients in various industries. He regularly defends and counsels clients on consumer-related litigation and compliance issues involving statutory privacy claims, including those brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Beyond his litigation practice, John also has experience assisting motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders with regulatory compliance.
Before joining Benesch, John served as an extern to Judge Dan Polster of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and to Judge Timothy McCormack of Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals. John also worked as a research assistant for Professors Lewis Katz and Jonathan Adler.
Representative Experience
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of defendant in putative class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
- Second-chaired successful jury trial on behalf of business in suit seeking damages for tortious interference with business relationship, defamation, and violations of the Ohio Deceptive Trade Practices Act in federal court.
- Represented a global transport and logistics company in warehouse dispute. Successfully defended the company’s assertion of a warehouseman’s lien against an application for writ of possession, leading to favorable settlement shortly thereafter.
- Represented product manufacturer in suit alleging personal injury and wrongful death in connection with fatal structural accident. Assisted substantially with preparation of all pleadings, written discovery, depositions, and expert witnesses.
- Assisted with drafting a successful motion to dismiss a third-party complaint alleging eleven claims arising out of a construction dispute.
- Successfully defended dental provider in multiple small claims trials alleging a variety of negligence claims.
- Successfully obtained dismissal of Telephone Consumer Protection Act claim after oral argument on motion to dismiss.
- Assist in defense of Fortune 500 company in Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation. Assist with drafting of pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions, and trial motions.
- Successfully negotiated and resolved multi-party trucking liability claims arising out of motor vehicle accident.
- Provide compliance counseling to clients regarding regulatory duties under regimes of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
