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John Adams

John
Adams

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

jsadams@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 214.698.3335

FAX:+1 214.571.2940

Dallas

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2100, Dallas, TX 75201 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

John Adams is a litigation associate in the Dallas office. John has significant experience in all phases of litigation, from pre-suit strategy to trials and appeals. John’s experience spans numerous industries, including oil and gas, real estate, and technology.

Before joining Gibson, Dunn Crutcher, John worked at a Chambers-ranked litigation boutique in Dallas, served as a law clerk for the United States District Court in the Western District of Texas, and worked for the preeminent legal writer, Bryan Garner.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • Represented a Dallas real-estate developer in a two-week jury trial based on claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and civil theft in a closely held partnership where the client’s partner mismanaged the business and failed to account for millions in profits. Top Verdict 2019.
  • Represented a national manufacturing and sales organization in a two-week jury trial based on claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty when former employees joined a competing business and unlawfully diverted the client’s customers to the competitor.
  • Represented nationally recognized real-estate developers in bench trial based on claims for breach of contract arising out of guaranty agreements for a multi-million dollar hotel development project on Lake Tahoe.
  • Represented a national pipeline company in a preliminary injunction after it invested over $100 million to develop a gathering system and an upstream natural gas producer threatened to violate a dedicated “area of mutual interest.”
  • Represented a national pipeline company in a temporary restraining order when an upstream natural gas producer threatened to divert approximately $1 billion of natural gas to a competing pipeline.
  • Represented an international distribution company in a temporary injunction when a former joint-venture partner solicited customers, while defending against claims of trademark infringement.
  • Represented a national manufacturing and sales organization in a temporary restraining order when a former employee breached his contract by joining a competing company and threatened to disclose trade secrets.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Give the Jury What it Wants–Decision Making in Trial Practice, ABA Litigation Journal
  • How to tell Your Story at Trial, Dallas Bar Journal
  • Tips for a Better Direct Examination, Dallas Bar Journal
  • Protecting Information Provided to the Government, ABA Corporate Counsel Journal
  • Well Established but Often Forgotten: Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Employees,  ABA Business Torts & Unfair Competition
  • Goldilocks and the Three Outcomes: Civil En Banc Review in the Dallas Court of Appeals, 2001-18, Appellate Advocate
  • Recent Decisions on Arbitration, News for the Bar, Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas,
  • Will the 2018 Judicial Elections Breathe New Life into Factual Sufficiency Review?, Texas Law Book
  • A synopsis of Error Preservation, Dallas Bar Journal

EDUCATION

SMU Dedman School of Law - 2015 Juris Doctor

University of Southern California - 2010 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

Texas Bar

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