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John
Devaney
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Washington, D.C. Managing Partner, Firmwide Management and Executive Committees
John Devaney is a member of the firm's litigation group where he focuses his practice in the areas of telecommunications litigation and commercial litigation. Over the years, John has represented multiple companies in dozens of arbitrations and trials before federal courts, state courts, and administrative agencies throughout the country. He also has represented clients US WEST Communications and Qwest Corporation in appeals before United States courts of appeals and in administrative appeals before United States district courts.
Professional Leadership
- Managing Partner, Perkins Coie Washington, D.C. Office (2005-present)
- Office Chair, Pro Bono Committee (2001-2005)
- District of Columbia Young Lawyers Bar Association, Pro Bono Committee, Vice Chairman (1984-85)
- District of Columbia Bar Association, Telecommunications, Litigation, and Employment Sections
- Co-founder and sponsor of annual D.C. Lawyers for Children's Hospital Golf Classic
- Member of Children's Hospital Surgery Fundraising Committee
- Little League baseball coach (1991-2004)
Related Employment
- United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Trial Attorney, 1984-1988
- Judicial Clerk to Hon. Justices Gallagher, Pair, Reilly and Yeagley, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1983-1984
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- Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 1983
- Boston College, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 1979
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