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Admitted: California, 1993

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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Class Action Defense, White Collar Defense, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property

Additional Information: See: United States of America v. Rishi Shah, Shradha Agarwal and Brad Purdy

John Hueston has extensive jury trial experience, and has been selected to serve as lead trial counsel by Fortune 500 companies and by governments in a variety of cases, including securities and shareholder class action cases, patent litigation cases, trademark infringement cases, environmental cases, and cases alleging unfair business practices. A former lead prosecutor for the Enron trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, Mr. Hueston also devotes a substantial part of his practice to internal investigations, corporate crisis management and white collar criminal defense. Mr. Hueston serves as co-Chair of the firm's Corporate Crisis and White Collar Criminal Defense practice.

California Lawyer magazine named Mr. Hueston a 2007 "California Attorney of the Year." The American Lawyer magazine recognized Mr. Hueston as one of the nation's Top 50 Young Litigators. Fortune magazine chose Mr. Hueston as one of 25 People Who Shaped the Face of Business in 2006. The Los Angeles Daily Journal named him as one of California’s 100 most influential lawyers in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and as a Top 20 California Lawyer Under 40 in 2001. Chambers & Partners recognized Mr. Hueston as a leading litigation attorney for white-collar crime & government investigations in its 2008 Chambers USA Leading Lawyers for Business Guide. Mr. Hueston was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for white-collar criminal defense in 2009 and 2010, as well as the Southern California Super Lawyers list for business litigation from 2006-2010. Mr. Hueston has never lost a trial.

As Forbes magazine noted of his work in the trial of Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay, where he served as a lead prosecutor, “John Hueston was quickly able to establish a clear, uninterrupted connection between fraudulent activities at Enron and the two defendants . . . . a methodically researched presentation of evidence proving the defendants’ guilt.” The Los Angeles Times described Mr. Hueston’s cross-examination of Lay as “devastating” and The Associated Press called him “the perfect David to Lay’s Goliath.” See Enron coverage excerpts here.

As a prosecutor, Mr. Hueston was presented with four awards by three U.S. Attorneys General for his trial work, including the highest award bestowed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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