John Freed

Associate

jfreed@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
Tel: 415.591.7038
Fax: 415.955.6538


 

Practices

Education

  • Stanford Law School, J.D., 2008
    • Stanford Law & Policy Review, Associate Editor
  • Harvard University, Ph.D., 2005
    • Chemistry
    • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
  • Harvard University, A.M., 2003
    • Chemistry
  • Ohio State University, B.A., 2000
    • summa cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Judicial Clerkship

  • Hon. James Ware, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2008-2009

Bar Admissions

  • California


Jake Freed is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Representative Matters

  • Representing the former CEO of a public company in a private securities class action. 
  • Representing a former mutual fund CIO in an SEC investigation.
  • Representing policyholder in environmental insurance coverage litigation.
  • Representing patent holder in multi-district patent infringement litigation.

Previous Experience

  • United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Law Clerk (2007)
  • Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
    • Doctoral studies in synthetic organic chemistry (2000-05); Teaching Fellow (2000-05); Head Teaching Fellow (2004)

Pro Bono

  • Represented social science organizations as amici in federal same-sex marriage litigation.
  • Provided copyright advice to a major environmental non-profit organization.

Publications and Speeches

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