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John advises publicly and closely-held corporate clients on securities and capital market issues; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; and general corporate law. He also represents companies and individuals involved in Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange investigations and enforcement proceedings. John’s experience includes representing issuers and underwriters of debt and equity securities in more than 75 underwritten public and Rule 144A offerings; negotiation of mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures involving private and public companies; counseling directors on fiduciary obligations in connection with proposed change of control transactions and disclosure obligations under the federal securities laws; and counseling investment bankers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions, financings and other engagements. A member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations team, John also has represented targets of SEC, SRO and stock exchange investigations and enforcement proceedings, and has served as counsel to corporations and board committees conducting internal investigations involving allegations of misconduct. John is a member of the adjunct faculty at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where he has taught mergers and acquisitions law since 2000. He has been a guest lecturer at The Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. A member of the board of advisors for The Corporate Counsel.net, John also has served as chairman of the Securities Law Section of the Cleveland Bar Association, and as a member of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Budget Committee and Canisius College Board of Regents. Named as one of America's Leading Lawyers in an edition of Chambers USA, John is a frequent author and speaker on securities and corporate law topics. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Business Lawyer and Business Law Today. He also published The SEC’s Renewed Embrace of Qualitative Materiality in Enforcement Proceedings in the September/October 2005 issue of The Corporate Governance Advisor. John began his tenure with Calfee in 1986, becoming a partner in 1996. | 