John Francisco

John’s professional experience includes:

• Contract Dispute, Employment Contract: Assisted counsel to a large hospital in defense of a claim brought against it by a physician alleging unfair exclusion from its on-call emergency room roster. Analyzed and responded to the damages claimed by plaintiff’s expert. Provided an expert rebuttal report and deposition testimony in the matter.
• Transaction Dispute, Business Purchase Dispute: Assisted counsel of a business over a dispute with its new owners about the final value of inventory prior to its acquisition. Analyzed historical business records, including project financial records, vendor invoices, inventory logs, and other internal business records. Provided an expert report detailing his findings in the matter.
• Personal Injury Claim: Assisted counsel for an insurance company against a claim of lost income and damages related to an incident on the property of an insured party. Analyzed the plaintiff’s historical earnings based on tax returns and bank statements. Provided an expert rebuttal report in response to the plaintiff’s expert’s claim of lost earnings and value of household services.
• Contract Dispute, Government Contract: Assisted counsel for a city department in dispute with a vendor over multiple unpaid invoices. Reviewed contract terms to assess vendor compliance. Analyzed historical business records to determine staffing levels and work performed by the vendor in its invoices to the city.
• Forensic Investigation, Non-Profit: Assisted counsel and the special committee of the board of directors in investigating the actions of the former executive director of a non-profit, focusing on analyzing financial records for irregularities. Reviewed meeting minutes and emails and conducted interviews with board members and others familiar with the situation. Provided a report of findings that influenced settlement negotiations.
• Forensic Investigation, Contract Dispute: Assisted counsel to an investor who alleged that their partner falsified sales transactions, misappropriated funds, and filed erroneous paperwork to state and federal authorities. Reviewed financial records, correspondence, and business documents related to the sales transactions and operations of the partnership. Advised counsel on potential scenarios for settlement negotiations.
• Contract Dispute, Government Contract: Assisted counsel for a vendor to a municipal agency over multiple unpaid invoices. Analyzed historical business records to determine staffing levels and work performed by the vendor in its invoices. Presented findings to counsel that were used in the settlement of this dispute.
• Contract Dispute, Multiple: Assisted counsel for a large online retailer in disputes with multiple independently-owned package handling businesses. Reviewed business records to assess operational processes and evaluate compliance with contract terms. Analyzed specific financial claims brought by several of the businesses.
• Contract Dispute, Government Contract: Assisted the state attorney general’s office and outside counsel in a dispute with a contractor tasked to upgrade the state’s unemployment compensation computer system. Analyzed contractor invoices, work performed, and payments made by the state over time. Estimated costs to complete the project and calculated potential damages to the state.
• Consent Order Compliance, Financial Services: Assisted counsel to a Wall Street bank in complying with federal regulators’ orders. The project involved evaluating and reviewing foreclosures performed by the bank’s loan servicing arm to ensure that they complied with all applicable laws and internal controls. Findings from the review were reported to both federal regulators and the bank.
• Construction Dispute, Residential Project (Qatar): Worked in Doha with solicitors on claims against the owner of a residential project that consisted of 128 buildings with approximately 6,000 apartment units. Prepared multiple narratives associated with various subcontract packages and project phases, which were incorporated into a main claim against the owner and subsequently submitted to a dispute advisory board.
• Construction Dispute, Transportation Infrastructure Project (United Arab Emirates): Assisted counsel to the civil works joint venture in Dubai in preparing claims against the owner. While working in Dubai, coordinated a multi-national team to identify and verify recorded project costs of over $4.5 billion.
• Contract Dispute, United Kingdom Sports Facility: Worked in London to aid solicitors in analyzing the value of subcontractor packages as part of a larger contractor claim against the architects and engineers of the premier national stadium in the country.