John’s recent representations in Georgia include:  

• Serving as counsel for regional air carrier on pilot negligence claims.

John’s recent representations in Tennessee include:   

• Serving as counsel for a large aircraft manufacturer on product defect and wrongful death claims; 
• Counseling mortgage servicers in Tennessee on an array of loan servicing issues;  
• Drafting lease and other related contract documents for a Tennessee manufactured home park and advising on landlord/tenant laws;  
• Defending a large mortgage originator in Tennessee state court on an alleged fraudulent loan;  
• Advising a local Tennessee bank on default, bankruptcy, and restructuring commercial loans;  
• Counseling a heavy equipment manufacturer, defending against multiple product liability claims in Tennessee state and federal courts;  
• Obtaining summary judgment in favor of a regional bank on flood plane and flood insurance issues under NFIA in Tennessee state and federal court; and  
• Obtaining summary judgment for a national mortgage servicer on wrongful foreclosure claims.

John’s recent representations in Mississippi include:  

• Serving as counsel for a large aircraft engine manufacturer on wrongful death claims; 
• Obtaining pretrial dismissal of a large aircraft manufacturer on multiple wrongful death claims;  
• Obtaining successful summary judgment on wrongful foreclosure claims against mortgage loan investor;  
• Serving as counsel for a large aircraft manufacturer on product defect claims;  
• Defending a national airline in cases surrounding wrongful death and claims of negligence and misrepresentation under the Montreal Convention involving international travel;  
• Successfully appealing through the Mississippi Court of Appeals and Mississippi Supreme Court on delinquent sales taxes owed to a heavy equipment retailer;  
• Advising a local Mississippi bank on residential mortgages, foreclosure, and deficiency issues;  
• Serving as counsel for a foreign automobile manufacturer, defending against multiple breach of warranty claims;  
• Defending and obtaining summary judgment in favor of a marine engine manufacturer in a wrongful death claim;  
• Serving as counsel for multiple national banks in federal and state court litigation surrounding modifications of residential mortgage loans under HAMP;  
• Achieving resolution of an array of residential title issues for multiple title insurance companies through successful litigation in Mississippi chancery court;  
• Defending litigation filed by a national trucking company against a heavy equipment manufacturer based on unpaid invoices from a third-party carrier under unauthorized bills of lading;  
• Defending a national technology company in a nationwide class action involving Lanham Act claims alleging false advertising;  
• Serving as counsel for a major national bank in a nationwide class action involving alleged violations of a national homeowner forbearance program;  
• Successfully resolving a bad-faith denial of insurance claims for a nationwide mortgage loan servicer;  
• Securing multiple summary judgments in favor of a nationwide mortgage servicer in wrongful foreclosure cases;  
• Serving as counsel for multiple national mortgage lenders in a series of mass actions involving hundreds of plaintiffs making RICO claims surrounding the origination of mortgage loans; and  
• Serving as counsel for a large bank in connection with the settlement of a nationwide class action alleging mortgage fraud and predatory lending.