John R. Gall is a senior partner in the Columbus office’s litigation group. He has an extensive trial and appellate practice involving commercial issues including antitrust claims, business contract disputes, intellectual property rights, professional liability claims and corporate control contests. John’s clients include large corporations, healthcare systems, financial institutions, accounting firms and a variety of governmental entities and officials. He has been consistently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (litigation) and Ohio Super Lawyers. John has been selected by Ohio Super Lawyers as one of the top trial lawyers in the Columbus area.

His recent experience includes litigation involving alleged anticompetitive conduct on the part of a large Ohio healthcare system; the protection of intellectual property rights including patent, trademark and trade secret information; accounting malpractice claims; negligence and fraud in connection with the purchase and sale of securities; enforcement and defense of substantial contract rights involving business acquisitions, asset sales and purchases; claims against directors and officers of public and private companies; and government projects subject to public bid.

John is a member of the Columbus, Ohio, Federal and Federal Circuit Bar Associations, as well as the International Association of Defense Counsel. He participates as a member of the United States Anti-Doping Agency Review Board, the International Tennis Foundation/Association of Tennis Professionals/Women’s Tennis Association Anti-Doping Review Board and the NASCAR Racing Appeals Panel. John is also a member of the Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Bar Examiners.

代表性执业经验

• Obtaining a defense verdict for a large healthcare system after a 10-week jury trial on state antitrust claims involving alleged treble damages of US$330 million.
• Obtaining a US$36,746,764 judgment against the former directors, officers and insurers of a collapsed financial institution.
• Obtaining a jury verdict for US$5,245,000 for breach of representations and warranties by the seller in a contract to sell a business.
• Obtaining a US$5,685,798.29 judgment against a prominent educational institution for negligent misrepresentation made to a foreign investor in a technology development project sponsored by the institution.
• Obtaining an emergency injunction from the US Supreme Court allowing a noted US athlete to compete in the United States Olympic Trials.
• Obtaining a permanent injunction from the Ohio Supreme Court barring a lower Ohio court from exercising jurisdiction over an international letter of credit dispute.
• Obtaining an injunction upholding the constitutional validity of Ohio’s hostile takeover statutes.
• Obtaining a jury verdict for US$3.75 million, a permanent injunction and a substantial attorneys’ fees award for misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Obtaining a summary judgment against a US$50 million claim for breach of an acquisition agreement and for US$1,676,027.85 on related counterclaims.
• Obtaining a summary judgment against a US$60 million claim for breach of a contract involving IT services and software.