P. John Veysey
Of Counsel
Suite 3500
Boston, MA 02111
19191 South Vermont Avenue
Suite 900
Torrance, CA 90502
John maintains a national practice focused primarily on business litigation and labor and employment law. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies. John represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, private and publicly held corporations, manufacturers, individual executives, and...
John maintains a national practice focused primarily on business litigation and labor and employment law. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies. John represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, private and publicly held corporations, manufacturers, individual executives, and numerous other technology, financial services, healthcare, investment banking, private equity, insurance, media, energy, food, travel, hospitality, and public sector clients.
John counsels clients on both coasts and throughout the globe in business disputes, labor and employment issues, regulatory challenges, contract drafting and negotiation, and matters involving intellectual property, trade secrets, securities transactions, breaches of contract, corporate governance, insurance coverage, internal investigations, unfair competition, shareholder rights, bad faith, and consumer protection. John devotes a major percentage of his practice to litigating and advising clients on issues relating to employee mobility and trade secret protection.
numerous other technology, financial services, healthcare, investment banking, private equity, insurance, media, energy, food, travel, hospitality, and public sector clients.
John counsels clients on both coasts and throughout the globe in business disputes, labor and employment issues, regulatory challenges, contract drafting and negotiation, and matters involving intellectual property, trade secrets, securities transactions, breaches of contract, corporate governance, insurance coverage, internal investigations, unfair competition, shareholder rights, bad faith, and consumer protection. John devotes a major percentage of his practice to litigating and advising clients on issues relating to employee mobility and trade secret protection.
Experience
Internships
- Legal intern, Privacy Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Intern, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Educational Activities
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Santa Clara Trial Team
Education
-
Santa Clara University School of Law,
JD
(2012)
- CALI Award in Criminal Law
- Honors Moot Court
- Lafayette College, BA, Government and Law (2006)
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Internships
- Legal intern, Privacy Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Intern, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Educational Activities
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Santa Clara Trial Team
Media
Recognitions
- Claude M. Scarborough Pro Bono Award (2023)
- Pro Bono Excellence Award, Lawyers Clearinghouse (2022)
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch
- Commercial Litigation (2021–2026)
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants (2026)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, Business Litigation, Employment & Labor: Employer (2019–2024)
Professional Activities
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Community
- Lawyers Clearinghouse, (2019–present)
- Kids In Need of Defense (2017–present)
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (2015)
John maintains a national practice focused primarily on business litigation and labor and employment law. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies. John represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, private and publicly held corporations, manufacturers, individual executives, and...
numerous other technology, financial services, healthcare, investment banking, private equity, insurance, media, energy, food, travel, hospitality, and public sector clients.
John counsels clients on both coasts and throughout the globe in business disputes, labor and employment issues, regulatory challenges, contract drafting and negotiation, and matters involving intellectual property, trade secrets, securities transactions, breaches of contract, corporate governance, insurance coverage, internal investigations, unfair competition, shareholder rights, bad faith, and consumer protection. John devotes a major percentage of his practice to litigating and advising clients on issues relating to employee mobility and trade secret protection.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Internships
- Legal intern, Privacy Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Intern, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Educational Activities
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Santa Clara Trial Team
Education
-
Santa Clara University School of Law,
JD
(2012)
- CALI Award in Criminal Law
- Honors Moot Court
- Lafayette College, BA, Government and Law (2006)
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Practice Areas
- Claude M. Scarborough Pro Bono Award (2023)
- Pro Bono Excellence Award, Lawyers Clearinghouse (2022)
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch
- Commercial Litigation (2021–2026)
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants (2026)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, Business Litigation, Employment & Labor: Employer (2019–2024)
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
- Lawyers Clearinghouse, (2019–present)
- Kids In Need of Defense (2017–present)
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (2015)
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