John’s recent representations in Arkansas include:  

• Resolving FCRA lawsuit in state court filed against a national mortgage servicer.

John’s recent representations in Kentucky include:  

• Serving as counsel for national bank in an appeal before the Kentucky Court of Appeals; and
• Resolving state court litigation filed against a national mortgage servicer on lender-placed insurance claims

John’s recent representations in Georgia include:  

• Obtaining federal court dismissal in a lawsuit filed against a regional airline on pilot negligence claims.

John’s recent representations in Tennessee include:   

• Defending a heavy equipment manufacturer against multiple products liability claims in Tennessee state court;
• Obtaining dismissal in federal court in a lawsuit filed against an aircraft manufacturer on product defect and wrongful death claims;
• Resolving negligence claims in Tennessee state court against a national air carrier;
• 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 products 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 the National Flood Insurance Act (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 an aircraft engine manufacturer in an appeal before the Mississippi Supreme Court of personal jurisdiction post-Ford;
• 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 the Home Affordable Modification Program (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.