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John C. Gibbons
JOHN C. GIBBONS is the Chief Executive Officer of The OSO Group, Ltd. Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Gibbons served as a United States Department of Justice Attorney from 1972 to 1985. During his tenure with the Department of Justice, he was the Chief of the Criminal Division for the Northern District of California, San Francisco, Chief of the Criminal Division for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento and Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force, Los Angeles. During his Department of Justice career, he tried and supervised the prosecution and investigation of many significant high profile cases. They included several internationally recognized espionage and terrorist matters, multinational corporate espionage cases, organized crime RICO prosecutions and many significant multinational white collar prosecutions.

In 1985, Mr. Gibbons, as the Senior Managing Director, opened the first Kroll Associates offices outside of New York in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. In 1991, Mr. Gibbons formed The OSO Group Limited. The OSO Group has established itself as a well-respected international investigation and consulting group which carries out a wide range of services for leading multi-national law firms, corporations and financial institutions, globally and domestically. It is the first commercial counter-espionage group established in the private sector. Mr. Gibbons has directed many international high profile inquiries. He enjoys a pre eminent international reputation in the ever changing field of international investigations and consulting.

Mr. Gibbons has been a lecturer and instructor at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, the Hastings College of the Law Advocacy Institute, the United States Department of Justice Advocacy Institute, the Advocacy Institute for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and has published materials for the California Continuing Education of the Bar programs. Mr. Gibbons has served as a Special Master to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He served for seventeen years, as a Director of the Economic Crime Institute, Utica College of Syracuse University. Presently, Mr. Gibbons serves as a board member of Seton Hall University School of Law.