Greenberg Traurig LLP

Litigation

Co-Managing Shareholder

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.

ConcentrationsWhite-collar criminal and regulatory litigation FCA, anti-kickback and qui tam defenseSecurities and financial fraudFCPA investigationsClass action defenseTrade secret prosecutionSEC and FINRA InvestigationsCorporate internal investigations and complianceRICO and complex civil litigationPolice brutality and corruptionCivil rights

CapabilitiesLitigation White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Arbitration & Mediation

Admission to PracticeIllinois

English

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