John Quinn is a partner at Hecker Fink LLP. He represents companies, institutions, and individuals in high-profile civil litigation and leads the firm’s efforts in several progressive public interest matters.
John has led a prominent hotel developer through complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration proceedings; represented Airbnb and Uber in Fourth Amendment challenges to municipal data-sharing requirements; and defended Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Lopez, and Ariana Grande in copyright lawsuits brought by paparazzi. He advises a wide range of institutions from hedge funds to a prominent art estate on various litigation matters.
John has led the firm’s efforts in a massive fraud case against former President Trump and his businesses, which has included defeating motions to compel arbitration both in the District Court and in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He also has worked on multiple amicus briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases challenging actions by the Trump administration and represented a student-led LGBTQ+ pride organization in Starkville, Mississippi. In Starkville, John led a successful constitutional challenge to the city’s denial of a parade permit—and then flew to Starkville to help lead the parade. John was a member of the legal team that reached a historic settlement agreement with the Florida State Board of Education, Florida Department of Education, and school districts that effectively nullified the most dangerous and discriminatory impacts of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. He was also a member of the legal team that secured a dismissal for client Center for Countering Digital Hate in X Corp v. Center for Countering Digital Hate Inc et al., a lawsuit that alleged CCDH violated X’s terms of service by illegally acquiring data used in researching the prevalence of hate speech on the platform. John regularly argues in state and federal courts and has extensive experience managing large litigation matters, meeting with government agencies, and advising senior executives of major institutions.
John is a member of Hecker Fink's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is deeply involved in the firm’s recruiting, training, and professional development programs. John is proud to serve as a member of the board of the Ali Forney Center, the largest LGBTQ+ youth homeless shelter and community center in the country. The National LGBT Bar Association and Foundation named John one of the Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 in the country and the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York recognized John with a Community Excellence Award.
John clerked for the Honorable John R. Padova in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his B.A. from Yale University.
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