About John Sciaccotta

John C. Sciaccotta has 35 years of trial and litigation experience advocating for clients in complex civil litigation, arbitration, mediation and business counseling matters with a special emphasis on complex civil trial and appellate cases brought in federal and state courts and tribunals throughout the United States.

John represents publicly and privately held domestic and foreign business entities, lenders, employers, municipalities, government bodies and individuals in transactional matters and disputes, which include:

Counseling and advocating for business entities and their owners in disputes involving Business Divorce issues, including corporate control, valuation, corporate squeeze-outs, minority oppression, dissolution actions and breaches of fiduciary duty and business tort claims.

Interpretation of and litigation involving complex commercial contracts in construction negligence, commercial real estate, title insurance and mechanic’s lien matters.

Advocating for various business entities and individuals in trade secret misappropriation and other unfair competition disputes.

Pursuing creditor claims in bankruptcy proceedings, including prosecuting and defending adversary claims.

Counseling and representing municipalities and property owners in zoning and land use controversies, as well as construction defect related disputes.

Prosecuting and defending insurance brokers, real estate brokers, engineers, architects and accountants involving professional negligence, breach of fiduciary and fraud claims.

Investigating business frauds perpetrated by employees and third parties with the ultimate recovery of substantial sums of money.

Litigating probate related matters involving guardianships, breach of probate fiduciary duties, will and trust construction and contests.

Defending Fortune 100 company employees in employment related discrimination claims.

John has substantial experience representing real estate owners/developers, business owners in a wide array of industries, professional service organizations, partnerships, limited liability companies, manufacturing, construction, technology, professional sales companies, municipalities, hedge funds and broker/dealers, governmental bodies, banks and lending institutions. He has significant experience working with professional sports leagues, owners and players, including representing the Arena Football League, its individual teams and owners for many years.

In addition, John has been appointed as a Neutral Arbitrator and Mediator for many years to resolve and arbitrate business related disputes. He serves on the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.

John is active in firm leadership. He is the founder and co-chair of the firm’s Business Divorce practice group, the chair of the Commercial Litigation marketing group, a founding member of the firm’s DEI Committee, and a senior member of the firm’s Marketing Committee.