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John Grimm is a partner in Goodell DeVries's Commercial Litigation and Appellate practices, where he represents organizations from a wide range of industries, including entertainment, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals, in commercial disputes and related appeals. He has also represented individuals in civil rights suits and criminal appeals.
John previously served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Maryland Attorney General's Office Civil Litigation Division and was a partner at a prominent litigation and telecom boutique in Washington, D.C.
John brings to his practice extensive experience representing clients in federal and state courts at all stages of litigation. He has served as lead counsel in civil cases in both federal and state trial courts and has tried numerous criminal cases in Maryland state courts.
An experienced appellate lawyer, John has argued in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Fourth Circuit and the Appellate Court of Maryland, and he has authored briefs in more than a dozen appeals, including cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals around the country, and the Appellate Court of Maryland.
John serves on the section council of the Maryland State Bar Association's administrative law and litigation sections; is the chair of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association's Appellate Committee; and is a founding member of the Cole-Davidson Appellate Inn of Court. He has served as an adjunct professor of evidence at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.