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John F. Gibbons

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Co-Managing Shareholder

Career

John F. Gibbons is Co-Managing Shareholder of the Chicago Office and has more than 35 years of experience handling a broad range of civil and criminal matters for national corporations, financial institutions, brokerage houses, pension funds, real estate entities, and individuals, including fraud, FCA, breach of contract, trade secret, class action, civil rights, commercial and criminal securities cases, grand jury investigations, white-collar defense, FCPA issues, corporate internal investigations, and appeals. He has advised many corporate clients on issues confronting them on an everyday basis and has been responsible for matters pending before the Justice Department, SEC, NASD, EPA, and various Attorney General and state regulatory bodies.

John previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles for six years and as the supervisor of the Financial Crime and Government Fraud Unit of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago.

Concentrations
White-collar criminal and regulatory litigation
FCA, anti-kickback and qui tam defense
Securities and financial fraud
FCPA investigations
Class action defense
Trade secret prosecution
SEC and FINRA Investigations
Corporate internal investigations and compliance
RICO and complex civil litigation
Police brutality and corruption
Civil rights

Capabilities
Litigation
White Collar Defense & Special Investigations
Arbitration & Mediation

Admission to Practice
Illinois

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Notre Dame Law School, 1985
  • Associate Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1983-1985
• B.A., American Studies, cum laude, University of Notre Dame, 1982