Overview
Attorney John Houston Pope’s practice predominately involves the litigation of controversies, but he also counsels clients on lowering litigation risks and exposures.
John started his legal career in Florida, as a law clerk to a federal judge in Jacksonville, then moved to New York City, where he pursued a practice national in scope. In 2013, he obtained board certification from The Florida Bar in the area of Labor & Employment Law. From 2015 to 2024, he has been named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list in the areas of Employee Benefits, Employment Litigation: Defense, and Appellate. He conducts his practice today out of the firm’s New York and St. Petersburg offices, residing in south Florida.
John regularly represents clients before federal and state courts in New York and Florida, among others, as well as administrative agencies. He has first-chaired jury and bench trials and conducted arbitrations. He has successfully argued appeals in the Appellate Division in New York and in the Supreme Court of Florida. John also has initiated actions on behalf of clients to manage controversies preemptively with former employees.
Focus Areas
Services
- Appellate
- Business Torts, Competition & Trade Secrets
- Class Actions
- Employee Benefits and ERISA
- Employment Litigation
- Employment, Labor & Workforce Management
- ERISA – Retirement and Benefit Plan Litigation
- First Amendment Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Litigation & Business Disputes
- Mental Health Parity
- Social Media and the Workplace
- Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
Industries
Experience
Credentials
Media
Events
Insights
Insights
- Firm Announcements
Eighteen Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to the 2024 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
10 minute read - BlogsTexas Joins Florida in Prohibiting Private Employers From Imposing Vaccine Mandates4 minute read
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Twenty-One Attorneys Named to the 2023 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
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Seventeen Attorneys Named to the 2022 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
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Addressing Excessive Fee Litigation Risk in the Wake of Hughes v. Northwestern
3 minute read - BlogsFlorida Issues Notice of Emergency Rule and Guidance on New Vaccination Exemption Law6 minute read
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Fifteen Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to 2021 New York Super Lawyers List
8 minute read - Firm Announcements
Seventeen Attorneys Named to 2020 New York Super Lawyers List
8 minute read - BlogsSupreme Court Holds Defined Benefit Plan Participants Lack Standing to Sue Over Allegedly Imprudent Investment Decisions ...4 minute read
- BlogsDOL Gives Extra Time to Plan Participants and Beneficiaries: Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-193 minute read
- BlogsBenefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19: RIFs, Furloughs, Layoffs, and Leaves of Absence19 minute read
- Media CoverageAct Now Advisory Cited in "Gig Workers, Self-Employed Covered Under CARES Act"3 minute read
- PublicationsThe CARES Act: What Employers Need to Know (Part II): Impact on Certain Retirement and Group Health Plans, and Executive ...13 minute read
- PublicationsThe CARES Act: What Employers Need to Know (Part I)18 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Nineteen Attorneys Named to 2019 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
8 minute read - Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted in "5 ERISA Cases to Watch in the 2nd Half of 2019"3 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Twenty-One Attorneys Named to 2018 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
8 minute read - Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted in "3 Kavanaugh Opinions Benefits Attorneys Need to See"2 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Twenty-Two Attorneys Named to 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
8 minute read - PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update - Summer 20173 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Spring 20173 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Fall 20163 minute read
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Five Epstein Becker Green Attorneys in Boston and Stamford Named to 2016 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists ...
8 minute read - PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Summer 20163 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Spring 20163 minute read
- Media Coverage
John Houston Pope Discusses Medill Justice Project and His Work on Behalf of Pro Bono Client in the Orlando Sentinel
2 minute read - PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Fall 20152 minute read
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58 Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
7 minute read - PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Summer 20153 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – December 20142 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – Summer 20143 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update - January 20142 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update - September 20132 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted in Article "New Same-Sex Marriage Risks Loom After Supreme Court Ruling"3 minute read
- PublicationsU.S. Supreme Court Affirms the Primacy of Plan Language, but Demands Specificity2 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted in Article "High Court Declines to Resolve Dispute in Eating Disorder Case."2 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update - February 20132 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update - September 20124 minute read
- PublicationsBenefits Litigation Update – April 20122 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted in Article About DNA Testing1 minute read
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Supreme Court Trilogy May Not Be Class Action Trifecta for Employers: An Examination of Wal-Mart, Concepcion, and Amara, as ...
1 minute read - Media CoverageDavid W. Garland and John Houston Pope Quoted in Article About Preparing Witnesses in Employment Lawsuits1 minute read
- PublicationsAct Now Advisory: Food Safety and Whistleblowing — New Federal Law May Deliver a Full Basket of Claims12 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted On Outlook For ERISA Suits In 20101 minute read
- PublicationsEpstein Becker Green Giving Back – Fall 20091 minute read
- PublicationsERISA Litigation Practice Group: Trilogy of Recent Victories in Class Actions Regarding the Elimination of Retiree Death ...5 minute read
- Media CoverageJohn Houston Pope Quoted In EmploymentLaw360 On Supreme Court Decision in Metlife v. Glenn1 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEBG Attains Dismissal for Lucent of Retiree Claims for Breach of Fiduciary Duty2 minute read