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John J. Rice graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. After law school, he was a judicial law clerk to the late United States District Court Judge Judith N. Keep of the Southern District of California.
Mr. Rice brings significant trial experience to Coughlin Stoia, where he is a member of the Firm�s litigation team. Prior to joining the Firm, he prosecuted a wide array of cases, ranging from complex white-collar to murder to Russian organized crime cases. Most recently, he worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of California, specializing in public corruption cases. He has also served stints prosecuting organized crime for the United States Attorney�s Office in the Southern District of New York and was nominated to serve as Branch Chief in the Northern Mariana Islands, prosecuting public corruption and white-collar criminal cases.
Mr. Rice has been praised for his diligent efforts to combat graft, corruption and collusion among public and private officials in San Diego. In 2005, he spearheaded prosecution teams on behalf of the United States Attorney�s Office that successfully convicted the acting San Diego Mayor and a well-known councilman on federal corruption charges. In May 2006, Mr. Rice again exposed and prosecuted corrupt public figures, this time unraveling an intricate plot between a former college president and a political consultant who were misappropriating public funds for campaign finance.
Mr. Rice also served as Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and Assistant Attorney General in the Republic of Palau. He was the Branch Chief at the United States Attorney�s office for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Most recently, Mr. Rice was Assistant United States Attorney at the United States Attorney�s office in San Diego, California.
Mr. Rice serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law and Western State University School of Law. He is also an Instructor at the Department of Justice Office of Legal Education and a frequent lecturer of trial advocacy and advanced trial advocacy. | 