Jack A. Herman
Jack A. Herman handles complex litigation matters, including securities class action and shareholder derivative suits, bankruptcy and debtor-creditor disputes, and other complex commercial litigation.
Jack is involved in all phases of these cases, and his work includes drafting motions, briefs and other filings; preparing for fact and expert witness testimony; and managing large-scale discovery review and production.
Jack was previously an associate in the New York office of an international law firm.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
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Briefed a successful motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging breaches of fiduciary duty relating to a CEO’s employment agreement.
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Represented an administrative agent challenging a $2 billion debt-for-debt exchange as violative of the operative credit agreement.
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Represented one of the nation’s largest publicly traded hospital companies and its directors and officers against federal and state securities fraud claims arising from a 2016 spin-off transaction.
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Defended a hospital system in a putative class action seeking more than $1 billion in damages, based on alleged misleading statements about hospital billing practices.
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Defending the senior leadership of a large consulting firm against RICO claims brought by a market competitor in federal court.
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Defending an asset-management firm and its executives against fraudulent transfer and fiduciary duty claims in bankruptcy court.
Background
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2012
- Order of the Coif
- Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review
- B.B.A., with high distinction, University of Michigan, 2008
- Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
Clerkships
- Mary Beck Briscoe,
U.S.C.A., 10th Circuit
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