John Peterson’s proactive approach to client service ensures that his clients always feel like he and his team are part of their internal legal team and a trusted ally to all in the organization with whom they interact. John strives to truly learn and understand his clients’ businesses and objectives to both address needs as they arise and spot potential problems before they become issues. John prides himself on developing client relationships that foster more efficient and complete communication, resulting in more whole-picture strategies and more educated responses to clients’ needs.

John draws on his extensive experience to guide clients in the strategic direction that helps them leverage opportunities to reach their business goals. As a result, clients utilize John’s skills to represent them in matters all over the country.

John’s practice includes a wide range of commercial litigation, with a particular depth of knowledge and experience in the area of financial services and the payment card industry. This experience includes:

• Complex contractual issues;
• Data breach issues and related liability;
• Card brand compliance issues;
• The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS); and
• TCPA and other call-related statutes.

John’s clients trust him to serve as their advocate in enforcing contractual provisions in a wide range of complex breach of contract and business tort cases across all industries. This experience includes enforcement of:

• Forum-selection and choice of law-provisions (the majority of which involve removal and moving to transfer to the E.D.N.Y.);
• Limitation-of-liability provisions, including damages caps and consequential damages waivers;
• Notice-of-dispute provisions;
• Indemnification provisions; and
• Restrictive covenants.

John has also handled numerous class actions for clients across industries involving statutory claims other fee-related issues including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and the Louisiana Lease of Movables Act (LMA).

In addition to his experience in state and federal courts across the country, John also has experience representing clients in the arbitration forums of FINRA, NFA, AAA and JAMS. He is also a certified Rule 31 mediator in the state of Tennessee.