John M. Myers is a partner in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department. He has been with the firm for nearly 20 years. Prior to Montgomery McCracken, John was a public defender, Chief Deputy City Solicitor of Philadelphia and a partner at another law firm. He is experienced in partnership, closely held business disputes, and matters involving employment, real estate, lender liability, joint ventures, securities industry disputes, contract negotiation, and general business counsel including contractual and employment matters. In his work with higher education institutions, John has dealt with tenured and non-tenured faculty disputes, intellectual property, general liability, death claims, ethics, University and student policies, Clery Act and general employment litigation matters. He has served as an investigator, trainer, hearing officer, and appellate officer in Title IX for universities and has been a front-line participant in large institutional crisis management, both in government and the private sector. He is also a teacher and lecturer to lawyers, law students, judges, professional organizations and el-hi students.
John received a J.D. degree in 1972 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and graduated in 1968 with a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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