John Aldock chairs Goodwin Procter’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Aldock’s nationwide practice focuses on commercial litigation and includes class actions, mass torts, insurance, securities, international, RICO, ERISA, commercial arbitration and business litigation.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Aldock is chair of the Advisory Committee on Rules of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and a member of the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals (Washington, D.C.) of the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless and the Council for Court Excellence, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Aldock has made presentations at numerous conferences sponsored by the Judicial Conference of the United States, The Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, the American Bar Association, ALI-ABA, Defense Research Institute and various law schools. His topics have included class actions, complex litigation, mass torts, toxic and hazardous substances, “future” personal injury claims, ethics in mass torts and litigation management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Aldock was chairman of Shea & Gardner prior to its combination with Goodwin Procter in 2004. After receiving his law degree, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Luther W. Youngdahl of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Following his judicial clerkship, Mr. Aldock served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1968 to 1971.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Aldock is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Supreme Court Bars, the Judicial Conference and Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee for the District of Columbia Circuit and the American Law Institute.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Aldock has been selected by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and SuperLawyers as one of America’s leading business litigation lawyers for commercial and bet-the-company litigation.