John Hamill > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
444 WEST LAKE STREET
SUITE 900
CHICAGO, IL 60606-0089
ILLINOIS
United States
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John Hamill
Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; Media, Sport and Entertainment; Healthcare; Antitrust and Competition; Business and Commercial Litigation
Position
Partner; Chair, US Affirmative Litigation Practice; Co-Chair, US Antitrust & Competition group
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., University of Notre Dame
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
DLA Piper LLP (US) stands out for its prominence in high profile and bet-the-company class action and civil litigation work spanning the pharmaceutical, insurance, and sports industries. Practice head Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey is situated in San Francisco and routinely assists large corporations in price fixing and market allocation conspiracy matters. Washington DC-based David Bamberger’s practice consists of litigating complex antitrust and trade regulation matters across federal and state courts. First-chair trial lawyers include John Gibson in Los Angeles, who specializes in healthcare and high-tech class action and multi-district litigation, and John Hamill in Chicago, who defends clients in a full spectrum of commercial litigation including antitrust and commercial litigation particularly in the telecoms, sports and healthcare areas.
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
DLA Piper LLP (US) offers a diverse and geographically broad team, which is especially adept in handling class action lawsuits, privacy disputes relating to cutting-edge technologies, violations of contract and business disagreements, with many of the firm’s key litigators offering expertise in areas such as antitrust law, product liability, and white-collar crime. Recent notable work includes defense of Walmart in a Covid-related dispute. Angela Agrusa , a seasoned litigator based in Los Angeles, co-heads the practice with John Hamill based in Chicago. Other highly regarded litigators include Isabelle Ord in San Francisco, Keara Gordon in New York and Christopher Young KC in San Diego.
Lawyer Rankings
- Civil litigation/class actions: defense United States > Antitrust
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense