John’s energy industry litigation is conducted on behalf of a wide range of public and private industry clients. He has handled constitutional challenges to the deregulation and taxation of electric utilities, and represents both independent power producers and public utilities in energy-related disputes resolved through litigation, arbitration, and state and federal regulatory proceedings.
For over 25 years, John has represented companies and institutions faced with class action and other aggregate liability claims. John also has experience in a wide variety of commercial disputes, ranging from business divorces, non-competes, trade secrets, and breaches of contract to civil fraud.
For over fifteen years, John has served on the large complex case, commercial, energy, expedited, and other arbitration panels of the American Arbitration Association and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), and has served as the arbitrator in over seventy (70) arbitrations, including as solo, panelist, expedited, emergency, appellate, and mass arbitration process arbitrator. In addition to deciding cases, he frequently acts as counsel for parties in arbitration and assists clients with the drafting of arbitration and other dispute resolution clauses. He was named a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
As a Special Assistant District Attorney, John conducted one dozen criminal jury trials. He has won civil fraud trials in both state and federal court as well as state and federal appeals.
