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John Siegal

Work Department
Noncompete and Trade Secrets
Position
John Siegal is an accomplished trial and appellate lawyer in federal and state courts in New York and across the nation. He advises, litigates and arbitrates primarily for financial services, media and real estate industry clients in private business disputes and matters involving public agencies and controversies.
John has a 30-year track record of successful results for clients in the areas of fiduciary duties, business divorces, partnership disputes, contracts, financial fraud, trade secrets and noncompetes, government investigations and government contracts, Article 78 proceedings, real estate development and property management disputes, defamation, privacy and reporter’s privilege, false advertising, civil rights, class actions and other constitutional and business disputes.
Career
Prior Positions
New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board: Board Member (2017 to present)
New York City Charter Revision Commission: Commissioner (2018)
General Counsel and Senior Advisor to six citywide Democratic political campaigns (1989 to 2009)
Assistant to the Mayor (1990 to 1992)
U.S. Congressman Charles E. Schumer: Staff Aide (1981 to 1982)
Education
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1987
B.A., Columbia University, Columbia College, 1981
Bar Admissions
New York, 1987
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
(Leading partners)Experienced in high-value disputes before various courts, the group at BakerHostetler regularly assists clients operating across a range of sectors in matters concerning trade secret misappropriation and high-profile breaches of employment contracts relating to non-compete restrictions. Amy Traub, who has noteworthy expertise in labor and employment, co-leads the team from New York alongside John Siegal, and Joyce Ackerbaum Cox, who is based in Orlando. The New York team was bolstered in January 2024 by the arrival of Daryl Leon.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Healthcare > Life sciences