Described as an “impact player” by Texas Lawyer and “simply excellent” by The Legal 500, John Sanders is a trial lawyer, whose national practice focuses on complex business litigation and class actions. John is a founding partner of the Dallas office of Winston and Strawn LLP, where he serves as its hiring partner.

John’s experience defending and advising direct-selling organizations is particularly deep. He has been retained by nearly half of all direct-selling companies that have faced class-action pyramid scheme litigation in the last several years and has successfully defeated multiple claims filed against direct-selling companies.

In 2019, Texas Lawyer recognized John as a “Trailblazer” for his work defending direct-selling businesses facing bet-the-company class actions. John regularly advises dozens of companies in the industry on regulatory compliance, government investigations, policies and procedures, compensation plans, the protection of trade secrets, unlawful distributor solicitations, and downline raiding.

John was recently invited to join the exclusive Sedona Conference Working Group on Trade Secrets. He is currently ranked by Chambers USA as one of the best commercial litigators in the country, nominated as a Best Lawyer in Dallas for business litigation by D Magazine, and selected as a “Super Lawyer” in Texas.