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| John A. Sopuch, III |
John A. Sopuch III, a trial lawyer with a history of winning some of the nation’s biggest verdicts, has joined the Collins Law Firm
in Naperville, IL. as Of Counsel.
In 2002, the National Law Journal recognized John’s nearly $43, 000,000 verdict (in Miami Cigar v. UST et al, a business fraud
case) as among the top 100 verdicts in the nation that year. In 2004, John did it again, with his $ 30,000,000 verdict in the
breach of contract case, Basic Capital Management Inc. v. Dynex Commercial, Inc.
Hailing from St. Louis, MO, Sopuch was born on March 21, 1965. Attending prep school at The St. Louis Priory, he went on
to study at the University of Texas where he graduated in 1987. John received his law degree from Pepperdine University
School of Law in 1990. During law school, John was a member of the Law Review, a Dean’s Merit Scholar and he was
selected to write for The Law Review’s California Supreme Court Survey. Also, John clerked for J.P. Vukasin, Jr., who was at
that time, a federal district court judge in the Northern District of California, sitting in San Francisco.
Upon graduating from law school, John joined the boutique litigation firm of Bickel & Brewer, working at the firm’s Chicago
offices. John remained at Bickel & Brewer until 1997, becoming, at the time, the youngest person to make partner at the firm.
John left Bickel & Brewer in 1997 and started his own firm – Sopuch Annett Higgins & Gaubert - with offices in Chicago and
Dallas. With growth of their practice/practice areas, in 2002 John and his partners opened an affiliated office, Moore & Sopuch,
in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, USVI.
In 1999 and again in 2001, John was appointed by Governor Charles W. Turbull of the USVI to be a Special Assistant
Attorney General to aid the government of the Virgin Islands in prosecuting complex litigation matters. In that capacity, John
represented the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue in several substantial pieces of litigation and favorably settled those
matters for more than $ 10,000,000, collectively. In 2002, John represented Miami Cigar & Company against U.S. Tobacco
and certain of its affiliates, officers and other defendants in Dade County, Florida. The jury returned a verdict in favor of John’s
client in excess of $42.5 million in February of 2002. That verdict was ranked as one of the top 100 verdicts in the nation in
2002. In 2004, John represented Basic Capital Management against Dynex Commercial Inc. and certain of its affiliates, officers
and other defendants in Dallas Texas. The jury returned a verdict in favor of John’s client in excess of $30 million. That verdict
also was ranked as one of the top 100 verdicts in the nation.
In 2005, John left the firm he had been instrumental in founding, and became of counsel to the Honolulu firm of Starn O’Toole
Marcus & Fisher. During his time in Hawaii, John represented the widow of a man who had died with serious liver failure and
was able to secure one of the highest settlements in a wrongful death case in the State of Hawaii.
Recently, John moved back to Chicago and joined The Collins Law Firm located in Naperville, IL. where his trial lawyering
skills and list of verdicts for his clients adds to the depth of talent at the Collins Law Firm. John’s practice areas are focused on
business litigation and other forms of commercial dispute resolution.
