John E. Winters

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  Kramer Rayson LLP
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  Cases

  Representative Cases: Shaikh v. Lincoln Memorial University, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 7113 (6th Cir. April 27, 2015)
  Johnson v. Lenoir City Housing Authority, 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 189 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 31, 2008)
  Johnson v. Reineke, 2004 Tenn. App. LEXIS 119 (Tenn. Ct. App Feb. 25, 2004)
  FTA Enterprises, Inc. v. Pomeroy Computer Resources, Inc., 2001 Tenn App. LEXIS 116 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2001)
  Yarnell v. TransAmerica Life Ins. Co.
  SunTrust Investment Services, Inc., 694 F. Supp. 2d 849 (E.D. Tenn. 2010)
  Linson v Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44654 (E.D. Tenn. June 29, 2006)
  Duff v. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60747 (E.D. Tenn. Aug. 25, 2006)
  Andrews v. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68027 (E.D. Tenn Sept. 21, 2006)
  Miller v. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79293 (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 18, 2006)
  O'Neal v. Wackenhut Services, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34634 (E.D. Tenn. May 25, 2006)
  Representative Matters: Mr. Winters obtained dismissal of his client, a large financial institution, in a case in which its broker was alleged to have been negligent regarding a life insurance policy valued at $1 million.
  He obtained a Preliminary Injunction for a large financial institution, which barred a former broker from contacting former clients.
  He obtained dismissal of a case filed by a former medical school student, who claimed that he had been discriminated against due to an alleged disability.
  He was lead trial counsel in a jury trial for an aviation company that purchased an airplane relying on misrepresentations made by the agent during the negotiations. He was successful at obtaining a verdict against the seller of the airplane.
  He negotiated resolution of a non-compete agreement for a former employee that allowed the employee to remain employed in the same field.
  Mr. Winters was on the firm's defense team that successfully defended a putative class action with 17 named plaintiffs in a Title VII claim. The claims of all 17 plaintiffs were either dismissed on summary judgment or voluntarily dismissed with prejudice in exchange for a waiver of court costs after summary judgment was filed.
  He was also on the firm's defense team that defended a putative class action involving failure to hire issues with a proposed class of over 300 members. In this case, the plaintiffs' motion to certify the class was denied,
  two of the individual claims were dismissed on summary judgment. On the one claim that survived summary judgment, he served as the lead trial counsel. The jury returned a verdict in favor of his client.
  He represented a company that obtained a $920, 000 jury verdict against a competitor for engaging in interference with contractual relations, interference with business relations, unfair competition, breach of fiduciary duty
  conspiracy. This verdict was later affirmed by the Tennessee Court of Appeals.