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 John Wells has a broad range of experience representing clients in complex litigation matters, including jury trial and appellate practice in the state and federal court systems, and in arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and other arbitration forums. Mr. Wells represents financial services firms and their employees, directors and officers in a variety of matters throughout the United States. His practice includes securities customer sales practice complaints, regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, compliance matters, promissory note and other employment-related disputes, and securities-related litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. Mr. Wells also represents clients in all areas of commercial law, including contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duties, partnership shares, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, fraud and unfair competition.
Prior to joining Michaels, Ward & Rabinovitz, LLP, Mr. Wells worked at law firms in Boston and Atlanta. In addition to financial services firms, his clients have included insurance companies, small businesses, municipalities, public school districts, public utilities and hospital systems. He has litigated a wide variety of civil matters, including construction disputes, real estate transactions and cases involving premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death, eminent domain and inverse condemnation. He has also litigated issues of Constitutional law, including sovereign and official immunity, Section 1983, due process and equal protection claims, and a variety of matters pertaining to education law. He has led presentations to corporate managers on litigation avoidance and to employees on the ins and outs of providing effective deposition and trial testimony. He has also counseled dozens of small business owners on cost-effective litigation management and on avoiding potential business and contract disputes. Mr. Wells has also served as a city attorney for a small municipality, including leading executive work sessions and participating in city council meetings.
Mr. Wells received his J.D. in 1999 from the Georgia State University College of Law and his B.A. in 1993 from the University of Tennessee. His publications include “Multiple Directorships: The Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest That Arise When One Individual Serves More than One Corporation”, 33 John Marshall L. Rev. 561 (2000), cited at Hamilton, Cases and Materials on Corporations, P. 874, West (2001), and “The Massachusetts Data Security Law : A Common Sense Approach to Protecting Personal Information,” NSCP Currents (National Society of Compliance Professionals) (July/August 2010). Mr. Wells is admitted in Massachusetts, Georgia, the Northern District of Georgia, Middle District of Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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