JOHN C. BONO 

Phone:504-835-9909
Fax: 504-834-5532
Email: john@bonolegal.com

John C. Bono founded Bono Law Firm in Metairie in 1980, and for more than four decades he has represented injured people exclusively — never insurance companies. His cases have spanned the full range of serious injury work: car and 18-wheeler accidents, wrongful death, paraplegia and spinal injuries, brain and nerve damage, burns and scarring, children's injuries, dog bites/attacks, slip-and-fall and premises liability claims, and uninsured motorist disputes across Greater New Orleans.

Over more than 6,000 personal injury cases, including multiple recoveries in excess of a million dollars, John has built something no advertisement can buy: the insurance companies, defense firms, and courthouses of Greater New Orleans know exactly who he is and that his cases are prepared to be tried, not settled cheap. That reputation works for every client the firm takes on.

Today John practices alongside his son, Michael, and the firm runs the way it has since 1980: clients deal directly with their attorney, legal questions are answered by a Bono — not a paralegal or case manager — consultations are free, and there is no fee unless the firm recovers compensation.

John earned his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 1977 and his business degree from LSU in 1973. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Louisiana Association for Justice, the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Jefferson Bar Association, and the Christian Legal Society.

John is a lifelong New Orleans-area native — a 1969 graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School — and lives in Harahan with his wife. Together they raised three sons, and John is the proud grandfather of four. He serves as a Deacon at his church and has spent decades giving back to the community he practices in, including board service for local banks, schools, and churches. Outside the office, you'll find him at a Saints game, around a table of boiled crawfish, or out on the water at sunset. Nothing in his practice has meant more than building the firm one of those three sons now helps him lead.