John Lichtenberg

About John

How do you help businesses and individuals?

What skills help you advise the client and achieve the best results or outcomes?

I’ve learned from experience that my first job is to listen to the client. What are they trying to achieve? What problems or limitations stand in the way? How can those best be overcome or avoided? I can’t solve a problem I don’t understand; and I can’t answer a question I didn’t hear because I was talking. At my best, I’m a sounding board, offering practical advice grounded in over 35 years of legal experience. Whether in a conference room or a courtroom, I base my actions and advice on knowledge, reason and experience, not emotion or ego.

What case did you find the most rewarding to work on?

I had the rare privilege of writing the brief in a matter before the United States Supreme Court. The case concerned the scope of federal removal jurisdiction – an esoteric but important aspect of our federal judicial system. In most appellate cases you simply argue how the law as it is should apply to the facts of your case. Here, we got to argue to nine of the best legal minds in the country what the law should be. The Court unanimously agreed with our position, and the case now appears in law school text books.