JohnEmmerig

John Emmerig is one of Australia's leading litigation lawyers. He has 33 years' experience in high-stakes litigation spanning class action defense, "bet-the-company" commercial/contract disputes, and government and regulator litigation/investigations. John has a national reputation for his outstanding track record in each of these fields.

John routinely acts for major global and Australian companies in some of the largest and most complex commercial cases conducted in Australian superior courts. He has advised on over 35 filed/threatened class action matters. He has extensive experience in major disputes involving federal and state government agencies and in counseling companies and boards/C-suite on investigations and enforcement actions by the Australian corporate regulator (ASIC) and by other key Australian regulators. John has acted in over 20 Royal Commissions, Statutory Commissions, ICAC, and Parliamentary inquiries. His international litigation experience spans court and arbitration disputes in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia.

John is co-chair of the Class Actions Committee of the Law Council of Australia, an adjunct professor of law at UNDA, an editorial board member of the Journal of Equity, lead author of the "Class Actions" section of the Federal Court Practice Manual, the editor (Federal) of the Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a member of both the Federal Court of Australia's LCA Liaison Committee and Class Actions Committee, a participant in various ASIC consultation fora, a member of AMCHAM's Defence and National Security Committee, a guest lecturer, and the author of over 100 legal articles.