John provides clients with over a decade of extensive trial and appellate experience. He previously served as a federal and state public defender in rural Maryland and upstate New York, and earlier in his career, as an associate with a leading trial boutique in Detroit, Michigan. He has served as lead counsel in close to 100 trials and has handled over a dozen appeals. His trial experience includes a wide variety of serious felony cases involving:
- Public corruption
- COVID program fraud
- Internet crimes
- Murder
- Conspiracy
- Drug trafficking
John’s successes at trial stem from his relentless pretrial investigation and his devotion to the art and science of cross examination. He has briefed and argued appeals in the New York state appellate courts, litigated complex motions in state and federal courts in New York and Michigan, and has represented individuals in federal habeas proceedings. John also has extensive experience representing individuals and small businesses in grand jury proceedings and government investigations. Since joining Osborn Reed & Burke, John has also been involved in the civil defense of medical professionals and small businesses.
He is a graduate of the American University, Washington College of Law where he served as articles editor for the American University Business Law Review, the National Criminal Defense College, and Kenyon College where he started at offensive tackle for the football team. John and his wife have two wonderful daughters.
The Third Department in Binghamton Precast & Supply Corp. v Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company holds that the defendant raised a triable issue of fact as to whether the plaintiff mitigated its losses relative to a business interruption policy.
The Court of Appeals’ decision in Rivera v Montefiore Medical Center (2016 NY Slip Op 06854 [October 20, 2016]) concerned the adequacy of defendant’s expert disclosure and the timeliness of plaintiff’s objection to the same.
Osborn, Reed & Burke, LLP is pleased to announce that partner, Jennifer M. Schwartzott, Esq., was a winner of The Daily Record's Top Women in Law award for 2016 and associate, Jennifer B. Tarolli, Esq., was a winner of The Daily Record's Up & Coming Attorney award for 2016...
Osborn Reed & Burke, LLP is proud to announce that Aimee L. Koch, a partner at the firm, has been named by the Girl Scouts of Western New York (GSWNY) as a Woman of Distinction...
“‘A merry Christmas, Bob,’ said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back. ‘A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow..."
