John J. Cunningham IV
Partner
- Litigation
- Appellate
John is a partner at the firm and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is also a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, as well as its Post-Trial and Appellate Advocacy Group.
John solves problems for people and businesses that get entangled in disputes. John attempts to solve these problems initially without the need to go to court. However, when disputes do have to go to court, John has more than 25 years of experience in handling these case from the beginning to the end, including trials before judges and juries, arbitrations and mediations, as well as appeals.
John’s clients include individuals, local and regional businesses, Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, as well as local school districts, townships and municipalities. He helps his clients through contract disputes, construction disputes, property disputes, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, employment disputes, will/trust and estate disputes, insurance disputes, collection disputes and condemnation disputes, among others.
John has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer every year since 2005 for general litigation, in recognition of John’s work and experience in handling all aspects of a case.
PRACTICE AREAS:
- Commercial Litigation
- General Litigation
- Business Dispute Litigation
- Contract Litigation
- Post-Trial and Appellate Litigation
- Collections
- Employment Litigation
- Orphans’ Court and Estate Litigation
- Condemnations
ADMISSIONS:
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
EDUCATION:
- Villanova University School of Law, JD (1993)
Associate Editor of the Villanova Law Review - Lafayette College, B.A. – Economics and Business (1990)
COMMUNITY SERVICE & AFFILIATIONS:
- Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Penn Fusion Soccer Academy and West Chester United Soccer Club, serving more than 3,000 West Chester area youth soccer players
- Member of the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce’s Business Advocacy Committee
- Former – Member of the Board of Directors of the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce
AWARDS/RECOGNITION:
Rated by Super Lawyers
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- Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
- Named a 2022 Main Line Today Top Lawyer
- Named a Top Attorney by Suburban Life magazine, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Named a 2020, 2022, 2023 Five-Star/Top Attorney by Suburban Life magazine
- Recognized as a 2022 –2023 ‘Top Lawyers’ of Chester County by Daily Local News Readers’ Choice
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