John Flynn is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department and a member of the Communications Practice.  He is a communications and technology lawyer with more than 15 years of experience spanning the private sector, private practice and government.  Mr. Flynn represents telecom, media and technology companies in a wide variety of matters, including complex proceedings before regulatory agencies, technology-related litigation, intellectual property and privacy issues, and corporate legal matters.

Prior to joining Jenner & Block, Mr. Flynn served as Senior Counsel for Transactions to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  Recruited from the private sector for this specially created role, he led the FCC’s review of the 2011 joint venture between Comcast and NBC Universal, a $30 billion transaction identified by both the Commission and outside observers as one of the most significant media transactions in recent history.  Mr. Flynn led all aspects of the process, from the substantive analysis to the political approval process, including Department of Justice, Congressional and media coordination.  He was also a key architect of rules dealing with most of the leading communications issues of today and tomorrow, including those for online video, the Internet and cable and broadcast programming. 

In addition to his public sector experience, Mr. Flynn served as General Counsel/Deputy General Counsel of three publicly traded technology companies and represented communications, technology and media clients at two prominent law firms.  Highlights of his private sector work include leading teams that secured spectrum licenses currently valued at more than $1 billion, won the largest jury verdict of 2008, and took two companies public.