John Delionado

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John regularly represents Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and HIPAA-covered entities in governmental investigations and class actions. John was appointed to serve as the first Special Master over discovery in the Takata Airbag Products Liability Multi-District Litigation. John is veteran of more than 15 jury trials and handled at least twice that number of evidentiary hearings during his time as an Assistant United States Attorney and in private practice. His trials included high-profile cases involving an airplane hijacking, the armed kidnapping of a federal employee, a mail fraud scheme targeting several schools, and the attempted enticement of a minor over the internet.

He has extensive experience in matters involving cyber intrusions, cyber extortions, corporate espionage, theft of trade secrets, and data breach events. On multiple occasions, John has counseled and defended companies experiencing massive, extremely high profile data breaches and crises. He has counseled and defended more than 80 financial institutions and FinTech’s across the country during examinations and investigations on issues relating to consumer and regulatory compliance issues and cyber preparedness. Throughout his career, he has led dozens of investigations in matters relating to financial crimes, insider abuses, consumer protection issues, the False Claims Act and potential FCPA violations.