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WilmerHale Offices

WilmerHale
60 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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John Butts

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1 617 526 6515 JOHN.BUTTS@WILMERHALE.COM

Work Department

Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Securities Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Trials

Position

Partner

Chair, Commercial Litigation Group

Career

John Butts is a partner and chair of the Commercial Litigation Group, and a member of the Securities Department and the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practices. He joined the firm in 2000.

Mr. Butts has litigated and arbitrated across the country in a wide range of complex commercial and securities matters. He has successfully represented clients in the banking, financial services, life sciences, information technology and automotive industries in cases with significant financial implications. His more frequent matters include business tort, trade secret, and contract disputes as well as consumer and securities class actions.

Before law school, Mr. Butts served as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy.

Memberships

Bar Admissions
Massachusetts

Other Organizations:
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School , J.D. (1999)
Villanova University , B.S. (1992)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes

WilmerHale routinely handles commercial litigation at all levels of the state and federal court systems. Sector expertise across finance, tech, and life sciences is a defining characteristic of the team’s ‘deep bench of super smart, experienced, and highly respected litigators’, who have also carved out a niche in credit reporting litigation. Boston’s John Butts chairs the group and devotes much of his practice to cases involving business torts, trade secret, and contract disputes as well as consumer and securities class actions. In New York, Hallie Levin is known for her work in antitrust cases, business torts, trade secrets cases, and government investigations, while Noah Levine is a key contact for class actions. Boston-based Felicia Ellsworth is highly experienced in government-facing investigations, including those brought by state Attorneys General, and appears in high-profile cases before the Supreme Court. From the Palo Alto office, ‘master strategist’ Sonal Mehta is in-demand for patent and technology disputes. Andrew Rhys Davies joined the practice from A&O Shearman in March 2023 and is praised as ‘a tremendous appellate advocate’.

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