John M Desmarais

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John M. Desmarais is the founding partner of Desmarais LLP, and a fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In 1988, after graduating from NYU Law School, Mr. Desmarais started at Fish & Neave. Then, after practicing in the area of intellectual property litigation and counseling for several years, he left private practice to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where for three years (1992-1995) he tried criminal jury trials. After leaving the government, Mr. Desmarais returned to the practice of intellectual property litigation . From 1997-2009, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and served as a member of the Firm Management Committee from 2004-2009. He then left to found Desmarais LLP. Mr. Desmarais is a member of the bars of California, New York, and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and various other federal district courts and courts of appeal. Mr. Desmarais is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Desmarais obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College and a law degree from New York University.