Attorney John Gross

Attorney John Gross brings over a quarter century of criminal defense experience, trying high stakes cases across the United States while training the next generation of criminal defense lawyers at some of the country’s top law schools. Highly sought after by state and national media outlets, Attorney Gross provides regularly commentary featuring his incisive legal analysis of seminal Wisconsin and national criminal cases in the media while writing op-eds on criminal justice issues for major state and national media outlets. Based on his nationally recognized expertise, Attorney Gross has been retained as an expert witness to offer his professional opinion on complex criminal justice issues across the nation.

Attorney Gross launched his legal career in New York City, representing persons accused of serious misdemeanor and felony crimes. A graduate of Georgetown University and Hofstra School of Law, Attorney Gross developed a passion for defending people accused of crimes early in his career, excelling at trial work in New York courts before accepting a position with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. For the past two decades, Attorney Gross has served as a clinical professor at some of the top law schools in the country, both performing criminal defense work while training law students to become criminal defense attorneys. Over the course of his career, he has taught law school classes in Criminal Law, Evidence, Trial Practice and Legal Ethics. Most recently, Attorney Gross served as Clinical Professor of Law as well as the Director of the Public Defender Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School, running one of the best criminal defense clinical law school programs in the United States. He has authored more than a dozen law review articles on criminal law and procedure as well as defense ethics.

Attorney Gross excels at client-centered legal representation. He embodies the best practices in criminal defense: thorough preparation, aggressive advocacy, and making absolutely certain that each client has their voice heard in the courtroom.