Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

John Cline has extensive experience in white-collar criminal defense, handling complex trials and appeals in state and federal courts nationwide. His clients have included National Security Council aide Oliver North, computer scientist Wen Ho Lee, and other individuals and entities.

John is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Before joining Jones Day in 2004 he was a shareholder at Freedman Boyd Daniels Hollander Goldberg & Cline P.A. in Albuquerque, New Mexico and a partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Trial Practice
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings

Representative Cases

• Boulware v. United States (U.S. March 3, 2008) , (2008)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Federal, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Felonies, Foreign Investment, Grand Jury Proceedings, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• California
• District of Columbia
• New Mexico

Education

• U of Texas - Austin

Published Works

• Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Statute, 2004

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5812 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.415.875.5700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com