John advises and represents a wide range of clients in different industries, from Fortune 500 companies to individuals, in trade secret disputes throughout the United States. As Chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Trade Secret Law Committee, John was actively involved in providing comments and supporting the Defend Trade Secrets Act. He has been quoted on trade secret law and restrictive covenant issues by Inside Counsel, Law360, The National Law Journal, Managing IP and Wired; and his blog, The Trade Secret Litigator, has been cited by publications including The Wall Street Journal. John is listed in the 2016-2017 editions of The Best Lawyers of America for Litigation – Intellectual Property and in the 2009-17 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers. He graduated in 1986 from John Carroll University, and is a 1989 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School.