Professional Experience:

John M. Myers serves as of counsel to Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP and is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation practice and matters group.  Mr. Myers has over 20 years of experience in complex commercial litigation, including as chief deputy city solicitor, Special Litigation, for the City of Philadelphia.  Mr. Myers' experience includes partnership and closely held business claims and disputes, and claims involving employment, real estate, lender liability, joint venture issues, securities industry disputes, contract negotiation, and general business counsel including contractual and employment matters.  His work with a nationally ranked university includes tenured faculty intellectual property disputes and conduct effecting tenure, general liability counsel, ethics, university and student policies, and general employment litigation matters.

Professional Activities:           

Mr. Myers serves as adjunct professor at the Beasley School of Law, Temple University and has been faculty with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 1980.  He served as adjunct faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and for the Philadelphia Bar Association CLE programs. He also functioned as Judge, Pro Tem for the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia.

Bar Associations:

Mr. Myers is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Presentations and Publications:

"Obstreperosity," Litigation (ABA), Vol.33, no.1, Fall, 2006; The Philadelphia Lawyer:  "China's Rule of Law," Vol. 65, No. 3, Fall 2002; "Doing Time in China," Vol. 66, No. 2, Summer 2003.  Teaching: Temple University, Beasley School of Law, Adjunct Professor; Introduction to Trial Advocacy, 1990-present; Advanced Trial Advocacy, Fall, 2003; .L.M. in Trial Advocacy (Boot Camp), Summer, 2003- present; International L.L.M. (Joint degree with Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China:  Civil Procedure (Fall, 2005), Introduction to Trial Advocacy; Spring, 2002, Summer, 2003-present;. National Institute of Trial Advocacy:  Mid Atlantic Regional Program - since 1978; Law firm training sessions in Trial Advocacy and Depositions.  Montgomery, McCracken:  In-house trial advocacy training, since 2001.

Admitted to Practice:

Mr. Myers is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.

Education:

Mr. Myers graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1972 with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania.