Panico & Maebry Attorneys at Law

John is a native of New York City and has over 30 years' experience working both as a labor and employment attorney and holding a number of senior level employee relations positions in both the public and private sectors. He has handled numerous claims before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division on Human Rights, California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Utah Anti-Discrimination Division, Ohio Civil Rights Commission; National Labor Relations Board, U.S. Department of Labor, and employment cases in federal court and the U.S. Court of Appeals. John holds a Juris Doctor degree, a Master's degree with Distinction in Human Resources and Labor Relations and a Bachelors degree in Politics and Government. He is admitted to practice law before the States of Indiana, California and Utah, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and holds the position as a Pro Bono Arbitrator with the New York State Employment Relations Board.

John brings a unique perspective to his representation of morbidly obese persons. A bariatric surgery patient himself (Lap-Band®) and personally having experienced the discrimination, physical and emotional pain of being morbidly obese, he now considers himself an "obese person in remission," and carries an empathy and passion to his representation that no advocate can share with regard to obese and morbidly obese clients, makes him the best qualified and most passionate advocate for those persons suffering from obesity and morbid obesity.