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John K. Bush John is a member of Greenebaum's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and the Antitrust Team Co-Chair. He practices in complex litigation, including antitrust, securities, financial institutions, insurance, intellectual property and product liability disputes. He has litigated in state and federal courts in many jurisdictions and in AAA and NASD arbitration proceedings.
Education
B.A., summa cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1986
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1989
Admitted to Practice
Arkansas, 1989
District of Columbia, 1992
Kentucky, 1996
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1996
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1996
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1996
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1998
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2004
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2004
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2004
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997
U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Achievements in Areas of Concentration
Antitrust advice to clients relating to mergers and acquisitions and disputes regarding distribution, franchisor-franchisee relations and pricing
Lead trial counsel for a major sporting goods manufacturer in multi-district federal litigation involving antitrust and tortious inference claims in the context of rule-making by a private standard-setting organization
Represented parties in intellectual property litigation, including trademark, trade dress and publicity rights disputes
Represented parties in numerous matters involving the tobacco industry's Master Settlement Agreement
Represented parties in numerous product liability cases at trial level and on appeal
Represented U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell as amicus curiae in Martin v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2003)
Represented Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson and Greater Louisville, Inc. as amicus curiae in Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education (U.S. 2007)
Represented franchisee group that opposed plaintiff franchisees and supported defendant franchisor in appeal that overturned a $390 million judgment against franchisor in Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc. (4th Cir. 1998)
Represented prevailing defendants in securities actions and arbitrations, including Lampf, Pleva, Lipkin, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson (U.S. 1991), Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. (U.S. 1995), Excel Energy, Inc. v. Commonwealth Institutional Securities, Inc . (Ky. 2001), Mittman v. Rally's Hamburgers, Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2003), and the Securities Industry Association as amicus curiae in Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver (U.S. 1994)
Represented parties successfully challenging constitutionality of punitive damage awards, including defendants in Life Insurance Co. of Georgia v. Johnson (Ala. 1996), and Continental Trend Resources, Inc., v. OXY USA, Inc. (10th Cir. 1996), and amici in BMW of North America, Inc., v. Gore (U.S. 1996)
Represented thrift investors successfully challenging government regulators' enforcement of FIRREA, including plaintiff in Far West Federal Bank, S.B. v. Office of Thrift Supervision Director (9th Cir. 1997), and amici in United States v. Winstar (U.S. 1996).
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