Practice Areas - Litigation/Trial Practice
- Securities Class Action Defense and Shareholder Litigation
- Antitrust and Competition
- Merger and Acquisition Litigation
- Proxy Contests and Corporate Control Litigation
| - Securities Class Actions and Parallel ERISA Class Actions
- Shareholder Derivative Actions
- White Collar Criminal Defense
- Fiduciary Disputes
- Trust and Estate Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 214-651-5597
Fax: 214-200-0729
http://www.haynesboone.com/john_tancabel/
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| University | University of Dallas, B.A., summa cum laude, 2002 |
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| Law School | Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2007 |
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| Admitted | 2007, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit |
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| ISLN | 919996302 |
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| Transactions | Participated in historic, one-week trial in Delaware Chancery Court on the validity of a 4.99% shareholder rights plan (or net operating loss "poison pill"), represented company-investor challenging the poison pill as the result of board of directors' breach of fiduciary duty; Defense of various entities against investor class action lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duty and vicarious liability in connection with failure of major hedge fund; Defense of trustees of two trusts against civil RICO claims, mismanagement claims related to trustees' sale of large, trust-owned corporation, and other breach of fiduciary duty claims; Defense of board of directors of acquired publicly traded oil and gas company against five shareholder class action lawsuits alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the board's approval of merger with a private equity firm; Represented real estate investment company in lawsuit against company manager for breach of fiduciary duty based on manager's acceptance of kickback payments; summary judgment granted against manager and judgment entered; Defense of public company against shareholder derivative lawsuit in connection with alleged antitrust violations of the company's directors; Advised two different investment fund clients on exposure to claw-back lawsuits from feeder funds of Bernard Madoff's investment fund; Defense of lawyer indicted for mail and wire fraud in connection with an alleged multi-million dollar kickback scheme in negotiating tort settlements, five-week trial in federal court resulting in hung jury/mistrial; Court-appointed defense of individual indicted for felon-in-possession of a firearm, handled all aspects of defense including argument at hearings and examination of witnesses at sentencing; Defense of red-light camera company against class action lawsuit in federal court, motion to dismiss granted as to all claims. |
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