John Kenneth Felter has been a trial attorney for over forty-nine years and has tried numerous cases to conclusion in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Ken has also argued before many federal and state appellate courts. He is now of counsel in Ropes & Gray's LLP’s intellectual property litigation practice group and litigation department and focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property and complex commercial litigation.
Ken leads tutorials in the Economics Department at Harvard University on Applying Economic Theory in the Practice of Law and is a member of the Teaching Faculty of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop. He is also a Visiting Professor in the Economics Department at Boston College where he teaches upper level law and economics courses.
Ken was selected as a Fellow (2016) and Senior Fellow (2017) in the Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) at Harvard University. He was also named as a 2016-2017 Fellow by the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission and served for several years on its Revenue Enhancement Committee.
Ken was elected and served 2017-2018 as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Greater Boston Legal Services.