Jack Dalton is a nationally recognized trial lawyer whose frequent successes in complex business, professional, and corporate disputes in federal and state courts have earned many honors and recognitions. Most recently, he was named Best Lawyers' 2011 Atlanta Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year as the go-to lawyer when the client cannot afford to lose. Jack's recent service as President of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers affirms his stature among the best advocates of the trial bar.
Representative Experience
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. - Shareholder, Derivative, and ERISA Defense.
City of Pontiac v. Home Depot and Robert Nardelli - Shareholder, Derivative, Earnings, Restatement, and Options Back-Dating Defense.
Worldcom: Director Liability Defense.
AFC v. Arthur Andersen - Accounting Malpractice Defense.
Stepak v. The Southern Company, et. al. - Shareholder Derivative Defense.
BioLab Plant Fire and Mass Tort Class Actions Defense.
U.S. v. CNN, Inc. - General Manuel Noriega Tape Disclosure Contempt Defense.
Lewis v. Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner et. al. - Merger Challenge Defense.
Turner Entertainment Co. v. Degato - European Satellite Usage Controversy.
CNN, Inc. v. Reagan - CNN Camera Access to White House.
Pharmanetics v. Aventis - Drug Development Contract and Business Failure Defense.
Other Distinctions
Recognized in America's Leading Lawyers for Litigation Law by Chambers USA (2003-2011).
Named "Atlanta Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year" for 2011 by Best Lawyers.
2008 Recipient - Atlanta Bar Association's Professionalism Award.
Selected by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer in Business Litigation (2004-2011).
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Business Litigation and Commercial Litigation (1983-2012).
Named to Georgia Trend magazine's Legal Elite in business litigation (2004-2006, 2008).
Work Experience
Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1973-present
Memberships
· Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers - since 1985
· President, American College of Trial Lawyers - 2008/2009
· Fellow, American Bar Foundation
· Atlanta Bar Foundation
· Founding Master and Officer, American Inn of Court - Lumpkin Inn of Court at the University of Georgia School of Law
· Northern District of Georgia Federal Bar Council - Former President
· Atlanta Bar Association - Former Director
· CLE Lecturer and Author
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation.