John Haarlow, Jr.

BIOGRAPHY

John Haarlow, Jr. has a wide variety of experience in civil litigation and arbitration, focusing his practice in intellectual property and closely-held corporation disputes.  John has participated in several trials and arbitration hearings at the second and third chair level, including managing trial preparation and examining witnesses.  He has drafted the full spectrum of motions, managed complex, multimillion dollar cases and participated in all facets of discovery. 

For example, John’s representative matters include:

• Second chairing a trial victory on behalf of a recording artist who was accused of breaching her recording contract, in which he examined an expert witness, the founder of a record company. 
• Playing a key role in a highly expedited 60 day JAMS arbitration of a multimillion dollar contract dispute, from drafting the claim, interviewing and preparing witnesses, managing discovery and trial preparation and examining a witness at the hearing. 
• Representing one side in a series of disputes concerning the management of a number of closely-held businesses, culminating in an eight-day trial of the largest case.
• Assisting in obtaining summary judgment for an AmLaw 100 firm on the basis that the claims asserted against it constituted a fraud on the court. 
• Managing a multimillion dollar trademark infringement claim against a Fortune 500 company. 
• Helping represent FOX News in successfully defeating an attempt by the Chicago Tribune to obtain a preliminary injunction preventing FOX News from using the name “Red Eye” for its late night television news show. 

Before joining the firm, John served as a clerk for Senior District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon of the Northern District of Illinois and was an associate at Jenner and Block.

John serves as a member of the Foundation Board of the Sue Duncan Children’s Center which provides free after-school educational and recreational programming for inner-city children.  He also serves as a Director of the Princeton Club of Chicago.  He currently resides in Chicago with his wife, Courtney.

EDUCATION

• Princeton University (A.B. 1999)
• University of Illinois School of Law (J.D. 2004), Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif; administrative editor, University of Illinois Law Review

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Illinois
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS

• “Recovering Attorney Fees for Defending Frivolous Claims,” 100 Ill. B.J. 474 (Sept. 2012) PDF
• “Nonparty Discovery Under the Federal Arbitration Act,” 98 Ill. B.J. 476 (Sept. 2010) PDF
• “Departing Executives and the Wage Payment Act,” 96 Ill. B.J. 139 (Mar. 2008)  PDF

 

MEDIA COVERAGE

• 17 Attorneys Selected as 2013 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars
• “Small but Mighty” Litigation Boutique Scores Eight Appellate Victories in 2012
• Illinois Bar Journal Publishes Article on “Recovering Attorney Fees for Defending Frivolous Claims” by Monte L. Mann and John B. Haarlow, Jr.
• Illinois First District Appellate Court Affirms $7 Million Judgment in Favor of Novack and Macey’s Trust Client
• John Haarlow, Jr. Explains How to Manage an Online Presence Using Trademarks and Domain Names
• Federal Court Relies on Article Authored by Miller and Haarlow
• Marinello and Haarlow Author Article in Illinois Bar Journal on “Nonparty Discovery Under the Federal Arbitration Act”
• Victory for Fox News Network vs. Chicago Tribune over ‘Red Eye’ Name
• Novack and Macey Secures Trial Victory