Awards & Rankings 04.10.24
Pillsbury’s International Arbitration Group Again Included in GAR 100 Guide as Top International Arbitration Practice
Source: Global Arbitration Review
Seasoned Pillsbury lawyer John Grenfell handles complex commercial litigation and appeals.
He has significant experience in antitrust, business disputes, and constitutional law (especially as it relates to government regulation of business). John also has extensive experience counseling lawyers on compliance with their ethical obligations and defending legal malpractice claims.
Representative Experience
- Represented Sharp Corporation in the TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, which encompassed direct and indirect purchaser class actions, multiple parens patriae actions brought by state Attorneys General, and dozens of opt-out actions.
- Represented Dynegy Inc. in the Wholesale Electricity and Natural Gas Antitrust Cases, and in Voices of the Wetlands v. Water Resources Control Board, involving issues under the Clean Water Act and California environmental law.
- Represented indenture trustees in establishing their right to recover on more than $1.5 billion in claims in the California insolvency proceeding of Executive Life Insurance Co.
Professional Highlights
Honors & Awards
Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S., Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense (2018 – 2019) and Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Litigation – Antitrust (2018 – 2023)
Education
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J.D., Harvard Law School, 1979
magna cum laudeA.B., Stanford University, 1976
with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
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California
Languages
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French
Italian