Professionals Directory John Hitchings

Introduction

John Hitchings is a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Broker-Dealer Regulation Practice Groups.  John handles a variety of commercial litigation matters in state and federal court, including those with a particular emphasis on the financial services industry, and regularly appears before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in all phases of customer and industry arbitration proceedings.  John also advises clients in connection with employment matters, internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, and enforcement proceedings, and he prepares clients for trial examinations, depositions, and other “on-the-record” testimony.

John has been consecutively selected as a “New York Metro Rising Star” by Thomson Reuter’s Super Lawyers Magazine for the years 2014-2020.  For context, no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the region receive this honor.

John is admitted to practice in the State of New York, as well as before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of New York.

Education

Brooklyn Law School, J.D. (Member of the Moot Court Honor Society and The Order of Barristers)

Stonehill College, B.A.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• United States District Courts for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Courts for the Western District of New York