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John L. Boos

Partner
San Francisco
+1.415.882.8005
Fax +1..415.882.8220

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1971
  • B.A., University of Dayton

Admissions

  • Bar of California
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Jack Boos is a partner in K&L Gates’ San Francisco office. His practice focuses on domestic and international business litigation, arbitration and mediation, investigations, construction, international expropriation and other claims, insurance coverage, intellectual property, employment, products and financial services. He is a veteran advocate with numerous court and jury trials and arbitrations.

Mr. Boos has participated in various international proceedings and dispute resolution including representation of two groups of expropriation claimants against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague. He also has appeared before the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva and prosecuted to Gulf War claims against Iraq. He has spoken widely in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia on litigation, arbitration, construction, environmental and insurance coverage topics.

In 2006, under the Auspices of the Russian-American Rule of Law Consortium, Mr. Boos addressed a conference of Russian jurists in Yuzhno-Sakalinsk Russia on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

In addition to his experience as an advocate in various forms of dispute resolution, Mr. Boos has extensive service as an Arbitrator, Mediator, Early Neutral Evaluator and Settlement Master including appointments by state and federal courts in California, the Bar Association of San Francisco and by the Private Adjudication Center of Duke University.

His community service activities include leadership in youth sports in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he served eight terms as president of North Oakland Little League Baseball, and served as a member of the Mayor’s Sports Advisory Council.

Professional Background

Before joining K&L Gates, Mr. Boos practiced in the San Francisco office of two other international firms where he was a partner and head of the litigation group. Prior to entering private practice he was Counsel and Legislative Assistant to a Member of Congress, Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, and Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence to Investigate the Activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Bar Association of San Francisco
  • American Bar Association
  • Represented high-tech firm in Peoples Republic of China in action brought by U.S. investors.
  • Represented Asian-based distributors of electronic products in contract dispute with manufacturer.
  • Represented Taiwan high-tech firm in infringement and unfair competition action.
  • Represented international joint venture in construction defect litigation involving commercial office park.
  • Lead in prosecution of electrical change order claims by Asian construction company against Caribbean power authority in connection with erection of power plants.
  • Represented media firm in securities arbitration with communications conglomerate.
  • Represented joint ventures and exporters in disputes with Chinese, Swedish and U.S. entities for foodstuff damaged in People’s Republic of China and stolen in Russia, including actions in Swedish, Chinese and California tribunals.
  • Represented U.S. vessel owner against German component manufacturer in pilot project for incineration of toxic wastes at sea.
  • Represented German ship component manufacturer in U.S. Coast Guard inquiry into fire on cruise ship.
  • Represented state government in defense of False Claims Act action brought by the United States.
  • Represented state government agency in high-profile civil rights litigation involving death of mental health facility patient while being restrained.
  • Represented U.S. pharmaceutical company for transit damage to experimental South American rain forest ingredients for proposed product in clinical trials.
  • Defended wine industry consortium in California private attorney general Proposition 65 case alleging non-disclosure of lead in wine and in foil bottle wrappers.
  • Led the defense of a series of environmental cost-recovery actions against a major oil company. These actions involve claims for substantial cleanup costs in environmentally-sensitive sites as well as damages sought by developers for loss of use and diminution in value.
  • Represented two investor groups of expropriation claimants against the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands involving industrial park in Kermanshah, Iran.
  • Represented Mid East based internationally renowned collector of ancient Islamic art against Iraq in United Nations Compensation Commission, Geneva for theft of collection by Saddam and Uday Hussein, during invasion and occupation of Kuwait.
  • Represented international art collector in dispute with European government over provenance and ownership of cultural artifacts.
  • Represented a multi-national food distribution company in a trademark infringement dispute against a Swiss corporation.
  • Represented distributor and co-joint venturer in U.S. District Court action against Italian manufacturer of high tech mountaineering equipment for trade name infringement and intellectual property issues.
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