John Thomas is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Krystal. Before Krystal, he was a partner at the Webb Law Firm. John has represented pharmaceutical companies as well as other fortune 500 companies with regard to litigation and intellectual property matters. John was a founder and former managing partner of Beck & Thomas, P.C. He was named in Best Lawyers in America from 2016-2022 for Intellectual Property law (litigation) Pittsburgh, PA, 2017-2022 Patent Law and Trademark law, Pittsburgh, and was the Best Lawyers in America 2018 Trademark Lawyer of the Year–Pittsburgh PA. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Duquesne Law, Cum Laude. John was an Associate Recent Decisions Editor of the Duquesne Law Review.