John Gilroy
Ashland DUI Attorney
John comes from a close-knit family of seven children, of which he is the youngest. His love of law was cultivated in large part by his his father, Patrick D. Gilroy, who served as a Circuit Court Judge in Clackamas County Oregon for over three decades. John has two brothers who are also attorneys. Now a father to five in his own right, John loves to golf, ski, fish, play basketball, hike, and camp. But what he enjoys most of all, is spending time with his wife and kids.
John received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University. After college, John had the opportunity to move to Washington, D.C. to work as a legislative aide in the office of Senator Robert Packwood (R-OR). Following his Capitol Hill experience in Washington, D.C., john enrolled in the University of Oregon School of Law and earned his law degree in 1998.
Following law school, John went to work as a Deputy District Attorney in the Washington County District Attorney’s office. He spent several years there learning how the State prosecutes crimes. As one of Oregon’s largest district offices, he was exposed to a large variety of criminal cases, including scores of DUII and felony DUII cases. His experience as a Deputy DA paved the way for him to co-found Gilroy & Napoli, LLC, where he specialized in drunk driving defense, criminal defense, and personal injury matters.
In 2014, John was named to “The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers” list. The only lawyers asked to join this prestigious and invitation-only organization are those lawyers who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership and who have an outstanding reputation among their civil plaintiff or criminal defense trial lawyer peers.
