Overview
JOHN C. ROBERTS is Of Counsel at GPM, where his practice focuses on representing plaintiffs in federal securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, and consumer class actions.
John has extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in all aspects of class action litigation, and he has done so in state and federal courts across the country. John has an established track record of success in federal securities class actions and shareholder derivative actions. He has an extensive experience managing class action litigation, a long history of dispositive briefing in high-stakes matters, and a deep knowledge of state and federal appellate litigation.
Prior to joining GPM, John spent more than a decade at the Seattle office of a Silicon Valley-based defense firm, where he litigated dozens of federal securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits on behalf of large publicly-traded companies, including Costco and Starbucks. John also maintained a robust pro bono practice at the firm and has extensive experience with state and federal civil rights litigation.
John graduated from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Judge Richard D. Cudahy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He began his legal career at a Chicago-based litigation firm doing complex commercial and appellate litigation.