John Cunningham
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
John Cunningham is a partner in the North America Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group. Previously, he was a senior trial attorney with the US Department of Justice, where he investigated and prosecuted criminal and employment law matters. Before his tenure with the Justice Department, he practiced white collar criminal defense at a firm in Washington, DC, focusing on money laundering, counterfeiting, espionage, and asset forfeiture cases. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gerald B. Lee in the Eastern District of Virginia and worked as an investigative analyst for the criminal division of the FBI. With the FBI, he prepared fraud, money laundering, and forfeiture matters for consideration by the Department of Justice and received formal commendations from the FBI, Justice Department, and IRS. He was editor-in-chief of the University of Richmond Law Review.