John J. Calandra represents clients in complex commercial litigation and heads the New York Litigation Practice Group. He represents clients in litigations and arbitrations crossing many industries, including chemicals, satellite, energy, financial products, outsourcing, hotel management, manufacturing and distribution.
John litigates a wide variety of cases, including securities and common law fraud, long-term distributor and supply agreements, contracts, environmental and product liability, breach of fiduciary duties, negligent misrepresentation, breach of representations and warranties, accounting irregularities, wrongful terminations, antitrust violations, various claims arising from the sale of assets and businesses, and numerous class action lawsuits.
John has served as a judge of Cornell Law School’s highly regarded Transactional Lawyers Competition in 2012 and 2013, and has guest lectured at Fordham Law School on summary judgment tactics and procedures.
Education
Cornell Law School, JD, magna cum laude, 1991
Columbia University, BA, 1988
Admissions
New York
Courts / Agencies
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
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