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WilmerHale Offices
60 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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John Butts
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
With ‘the unique ability and skillset to handle very complex and sophisticated matters’, WilmerHale is regularly called upon to handle contract, fraud and licensing disputes, as well as construction, RICO, trade secrets and unfair competition litigation. Boston-based John Butts is chair of the commercial litigation group, representing clients in business tort, trade secret, and contract disputes as well as consumer and securities class actions. David Ogden is an expert in financial disputes, based in Washington DC alongside Jonathan Paikin, whose diverse clientele encompasses companies, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. Also in DC, David Bowker is head of the international litigation practice and Albinas Prizgintas has extensive Supreme Court experience. Boston-based Felicia Ellsworth is vice chair of the litigation/controversy department, representing clients in both state and federal courts and in government-facing litigations and investigations. In Palo Alto, Sonal Mehta is active in IP, antitrust, and class action cases, while Joshua Lerner in San Francisco focuses on the tech sector and New York-based Hallie Levin is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation