John F Gibbons

Practice Areas

Litigation

White Collar Defense & Special Investigations

Arbitration & Mediation

Trial Practice

Career

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 is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only society of senior trial counsel in the United States.

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.

Concentrations:

White collar criminal and regulatory litigation

FCA, anti-kickback and qui tam defense

Securities and financial fraud

FCPA investigations

Class action defense

Trade secret prosecution

SEC and FINRA Investigations

Corporate internal investigations and compliance

RICO and complex civil litigation

Police brutality and corruption

Civil rights

Professional Memberships

Special Prosecutor for the City of Chicago on police brutality and corruption cases, 1998-Present

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Member, Chicago Regional Advisory Committee, The Ireland Funds

Chairman, Chicago Board of Advisors, Good Sports

Member, Chicago Bar Association

Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2018-2022

"Recognised Practitioner," 2018

Personal

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