John B. Quinn

Executive Chairman and Founding Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Moderator

John B. Quinn is the Executive Chairman and Founding Partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, a global disputes law firm with over 1,300 attorneys in 34 offices around the world. In surveys of 350 General Counsel by the BTI Consulting Group, the firm has been named the most feared law firm in the world 4 of the last 5 years. Mr. Quinn has been named the “most famous practicing lawyer in the world” at large law firms by Bloomberg and described by American Lawyer as a “master strategist,” and a “Legal Legend” in the 10th Anniversary Edition of The 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Some of the victories in Mr. Quinn’s career include: winning $176 million as lead trial counsel for Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and his companies in an arbitration against Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.; obtaining a $295 million jury verdict for two former Bertelsmann AG executives against Bertelsmann AG; defending Samsung Electronics Company in Apple Inc.’s “holy war” against the Android smartphone operating system; and obtaining a $2.1 billion settlement for two dozen hedge funds against Citibank.