John C. Grugan is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office and focuses his practice on defending clients in government investigations and complex litigation brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and state attorneys general. At Holland & Knight, he serves as the Philadelphia Litigation Practice Group Leader.
Mr. Grugan has substantial experience working with boards of directors, audit committees, special litigation committees and corporate management to direct corporate internal investigations. His experience includes numerous engagements in which he handled corporate investigations and related negotiations with the government, after which the government declined to prosecute or pursue litigation. Mr. Grugan also annually is listed in Benchmark Litigation as a National Litigation Star and is mentioned in The Legal 500.
In the community, Mr. Grugan chairs the boards of his alma mater, St. Joseph's Preparatory School, as well as Good360, the nation's second-largest nonprofit and the largest nonprofit that assists retailers in meeting their environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments. He is a frequent lecturer and author on topics such as government investigations of financial services institutions and protecting corporate interests in internal investigations. Mr. Grugan also co-chairs the American Bar Association Business Law Section subcommittee on Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Grugan worked as a litigation partner in the Philadelphia office of a national law firm. Additionally, he was a law clerk to the Honorable James McGirr Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and served as a trial attorney in the DOJ's Honors Program, Civil Division.
