John Gavin is an associate at the firm's Boston office. John focuses his practice on complex civil litigation in the areas of commercial disputes, intellectual property, and insurance coverage. He has litigated a broad range of business-related issues, including claims of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, securities fraud, tax fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices.
John has experience with many different phases of commercial litigation, including requests for preliminary relief, discovery, dispositive motion practice, and final merits determinations. John has represented clients in state and federal courts, including courts in Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Illinois. In addition, John has represented clients in mediations and international arbitrations. John also maintains an active pro bono practice and obtained asylum for a detained client in removal proceedings.
John has significant experience with matters involving trade secret misappropriation and breaches of contractual confidentiality clauses. Through these matters, John has assisted clients in obtaining injunctive relief to protect confidential information and trade secrets. John has also successfully represented clients in obtaining monetary and permanent injunctive relief for misappropriation of trade secrets and other related claims.
John also has significant experience with insurance recovery matters. Through these matters, John has helped policyholders successfully obtain insurance coverage for a wide range of losses under directors and officers (D&O) policies, errors and omissions (E&O)/professional liability policies, commercial general liability policies, and property policies. This work includes representing clients in litigation asserting claims against their insurers. John also assists clients in the claims process, seeking to resolve disputes with insurers through negotiation or mediation prior to litigation.
