John’s experience has a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial litigation, securities litigation, and shareholder litigation.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
A managed care organization in a dispute arising under an asset purchase agreement for the sale of a health care business.
Current and former independent directors of Wells Fargo in shareholder derivative litigation relating to sales practices.
Madison Square Garden Special Litigation Committee in connection with shareholder derivative claims challenging CEO’s compensation.
Nikko Asset Management in securities litigation arising from employee stock option plan.
Qualifications
Admissions
New York, 1993
California, 1994
Courts
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1993
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1993
United States District Court for the Central District of California, 1995
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1999
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2003
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2005
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2007
United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 2019
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2020
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2023
Academic
B.A., magna cum laude, State University of New York at Oswego, 1986
J.D., magna cum laude, Cornell University Law School, 1991
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.