Dispute resolution
John Hueston, founding partner of Hueston Hennigan LLP, maintains a high-stakes commercial litigation practice covering antitrust, trade secrets, and corporate fraud disputes. He represents clients including Epic Games, Boeing, McDonald’s, Walmart, and Samsung Bioepis. Recent highlights include a landmark trial victory for Epic Games against Google, overturning a $72m jury verdict for Boeing in a trade secrets case, and successfully defending McDonald’s in high-profile fraud litigation.
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John Hueston has been described by Chambers as “the best lawyer of his generation” with a “commanding reputation for his trial advocacy.” Rated one of the nation’s top trial lawyers, Mr. Hueston has been recognized twice as a “California Lawyer of the Year,” including for his recovery of $5.15 billion after trial.
Mr. Hueston has represented Fortune 500 companies and governments as lead counsel in their most challenging and profile cases and investigations. His work has ranged from winning and defeating multi-billion-dollar actions to terminating some of the nation’s most significant regulatory and criminal investigations and cases.
A former lead prosecutor for the Enron trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, Mr. Hueston is also noted for “his deftness with sensitive, white collar matters and investigations” (Benchmark Litigation). In these matters, his unrelenting focus is not just winning, but avoiding reputational damage. As noted by Benchmark Litigation: “as great as he is with high-profile work, he is equally great with deliberately ‘low profile’ stuff – the matters his clients don’t want you hearing about.
Education
Yale Law School (J.D., 1991) Notes Editor of The Yale Law Journal
Dartmouth College (B.A., 1986) magna cum laude
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Key clients
- Epic Games
- Boeing
- AbbVie
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Southern California Edison
- Walmart
- McDonald’s
- Monster Energy
- Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group
- Amazon
- Joe Kiani, founder of Masimo Corp
- Kaiser
- Samsung Bioepis
- Southern California Edison
- Novartis
- Carboline
- Pubmatic
Work highlights
Secured a major antitrust trial victory for Epic Games against Google, affirmed by the Ninth Circuit, establishing that Google stifled competition in Android app distribution and in-app purchases, with billions of dollars at stake.
Secured a complete defense victory for The Boeing Company in a high-profile trade secrets case, overturning a $72m jury verdict in favor of Zunum and obtaining over $12m on counterclaims, in a matter with over $500m at stake.
Secured dismissal of a $100m fraud suit and a favorable settlement in a separate $10bn civil rights case for McDonald’s, affirming the company’s rights under California’s anti-SLAPP statute and protecting its advertising practices with diverse-owned media, in matters valued at $311m.