John M. Riccione

Co-Managing Member

EDUCATION

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MEMBERSHIPS

John M. Riccione focuses his practice on complex business and commercial litigation, in addition to co-managing the firm. He has utilized various alternative fee arrangements in commercial litigation driven by results. He counsels individual and corporate clients on a variety of business matters, including construction litigation, sales commission disputes, trade secret law, and personnel matters. John has developed a concentration in the area of restrictive employment and distribution agreements. In over 20 years of practice, there are few types of complex business disputes which John has not handled. He has extensive experience representing businesses in litigating commercial contract disputes, banking issues and civil rights cases throughout the country.

John is a frequent lecturer on a number of topics, including, alternative fee arrangements, sales commission protection acts and contract law to various audiences, including trade and bar associations, and client groups.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Negotiating a resolution of litigation on behalf of a stainless steel pool contractor with the owner of the sixth largest building in the world.
• Obtaining a favorable result against the City of Chicago on behalf of publicly held construction firm related to the redesign of a quarry and dump to a useful park
• Using an alternative fee arrangement to earn a considerable success bonus by delivering favorable result after initiating litigation on behalf of a public company against a national consulting firm  
• Negotiating an amicable solution to construction litigation against developer and general contractor on behalf of multiple residents of luxury townhomes on Lake Shore Drive
• Obtaining successful resolution of Fair Labor Standards and wage and hour claims on behalf of a commercial janitorial company in North Carolina
• Securing unpaid sales commissions for many independent sales representatives
• Obtaining judgment in arbitration in Ohio against cooperative on supply agreements on behalf of public company
• Successfully trying a case for defective goods against a label manufacturer brought by an advertisement corporation
• Achieving an award in arbitration against the developer on behalf of an owner of a multi-million dollar luxury home on the north shore of Chicago
• Attaining a speedy and successful conclusion to dispute arising out of a factory's intrastate move in Tennessee
• Maintaining a perfect record of obtaining agency dismissals of discrimination charges on behalf of a temporary labor service company