John is the founding partner of Desmarais LLP, and the founder and owner of Round Rock Research LLC. From 1997-2009, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and served as a member of Kirkland’s Firm Management Committee from 2004-2009. After practicing in the area of intellectual property litigation and counseling for several years, he left private practice to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where for three years he tried criminal jury trials for the federal government. After leaving the government, John returned to the practice of intellectual property litigation, and later joined Kirkland’s New York office. After 13 years at Kirkland, he left to found both Desmarais LLP, an IP trial boutique, and Round Rock Research LLC, a patent licensing company. He is a member of the bars of New York and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and various other federal district courts and courts of appeal. John is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College and a law degree from New York University.