JOHN BATTAGLIA

John Battaglia Before joining Finnegan, Mr. Battaglia served as a trial lawyer and federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, where he acted as lead counsel in trying numerous cases to verdict. In addition, he was appointed as the Department’s Deputy Associate Attorney General. In this position, he managed some of the Department’s largest litigating components; briefed and advised the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States; and argued several appeals in various courts across the country, including the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, as well as for the Federal Circuit.

John graduated cum laude in 1997 from the Boston College Law School, and also received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Boston College in 1992. Immediately following law school, Mr. Battaglia was a trial lawyer in the Department of Justice's Honors Program, successfully handling numerous bench trials. He is also a proud graduate of National Trial Advocacy College.