John Wynne is a senior litigation principal at Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne. John's experience includes the representation of business entities and individuals in business litigation.

     John is a preeminent employment trial lawyer in town and leads the firm's employment practice group. He also has extensive litigation and trial experience in real estate, contract intellectual property and trust and estate litigation.

     John has also litigated a number of intellectual property cases. These include patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and related cases.

     After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974, John graduated from UCLA School of Law in 1978. Upon graduation, he received the American Board of Trial Advocates Award for excellence in preparation for the trial practice of law. After practicing in San Diego and Santa Barbara, John joined the firm in 1985 and became a principal in 1986.

     John is a former director of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. He has been named one of San Diego's Top Ten Lawyers by the San Diego Daily Transcript for 2010. He has also been named as a Corporate Counsel and San Diego "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics Magazine for the years 2007 through 2010.

     John has been involved in a number of bar association, church and community activities. Among them is active participation and membership on the board of directors of a local ministry which has built over 4,000 homes in the poorer neighborhoods of Mexico.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Employment Litigation
• Business, Corporate & Commercial Litigation
• Real Property Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Trust & Estate Litigation

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• California State & San Diego County Bar Associations
• San Diego County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral & Information Services,
  Past Board Member & President
• Santa Barbara County Bar Association Barrister's Club,
  Past Board Member & President
• National Lawyer's Association
• Thomas More Society