Jon Guynn is a trial lawyer and regulatory counselor with more than 10 years of experience representing clients in complex litigation and regulatory matters.
Jon focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, corporate governance and shareholder issues, securities matters, trade secrets disputes, and internal investigations. He has represented individuals and companies in a broad range of industries in connection with civil disputes and sensitive internal investigations and government inquiries. He has successfully defended corporations and their directors and officers in civil, criminal, and regulatory disputes where plaintiffs sought hundreds of millions of dollars in claimed damages or penalties. He routinely represents clients opposite qui tam relators' counsel, the U.S. Department of Justice, and other federal or state agencies.
Jon has a wealth of complex litigation experience, with an emphasis on health care, digital assets, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), securities, trade secret, and business litigation. He has participated in and managed all aspects of litigation, from case inception through resolution, including conducting internal investigations, motion practice, fact and expert discovery, taking and defending depositions, and examining witnesses at trial.
Jon is an active pro bono lawyer. He has represented an applicant for asylum, a Sikh inmate seeking to vindicate his religious liberties, and victims of domestic violence in obtaining restraining orders. He currently represents members of the Native American church in a lawsuit seeking to preserve a holy site in Texas.
Expérience
- University of Virginia (J.D. 2013; Order of the Coif; Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review; Hardy C. Dillard Legal Writing Fellow); Brigham Young University (B.A. in Economics and History cum laude 2010; Phi Kappa Phi)
- Texas, New York, California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and U.S. District Courts for the Central District of California and the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
- Law Clerk to: Judge Kent A Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (2014) and Judge David G. Campbell, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (2013)
- French