John (Jack) Guernsey,

Complex Fiduciary Litigation

• Represented an executor and trustee in a surcharge action alleging mismanagement of the testator’s law firm and unreasonable executor/trustee fees. Following nine days of trial, the Philadelphia County Orphans Court approved the accounting and executor/trustee fee. The result was not appealed.

• Represented executors in a will contest challenging the mental capacity of the testator and charging executors with exerting undue influence. After a 12-day trial before the Orphans Court of Montgomery County, PA, Jack secured a judgment in favor of the executors, which was affirmed on appeal.

Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets, and Unfair Competition

• Represented hiring employer and new employee in claims for injunctive relief and damages by former employer. Prevailed at preliminary/final injunctive hearing and received a substantial award of attorneys’ fees.

• Obtained a preliminary injunction after a two-day hearing against defendants from selling products to any of plaintiff’s customers. Individual defendant had previously been employed as plaintiff’s vice president and left plaintiff to form competitive company.

• Represented a defendant startup company and its three principals in a suit in federal district court in Pennsylvania alleging breach of restrictive covenants, misuse of trade secrets and confidential information, and breach of fiduciary duty arising out of defendants’ use of exclusive license for product for which plaintiff previously had had exclusive license. After four days of trial, Jack’s clients prevailed on plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction, which the court denied on a directed verdict.

• Represented a senior executive in an injunction action brought by a former employer seeking to enjoin executive from working for a competitor. The plaintiff’s request for preliminary injunction was denied and the plaintiff then dismissed its case.

Intellectual Property Litigation

• Represented an inventor and his companies in a patent infringement action in federal district court in Pennsylvania. Following a two-week trial, Jack secured judgment in favor of his clients, which was affirmed on appeal.

• Represented a Fortune 500 Company as prior owner of packaging plant in a products liability claim brought by an injured employee in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Jack secured judgment in the client’s favor, which was affirmed on appeal. In a related action, Jack recovered the client’s legal expenses from the current owner of the packaging plant on the indemnity claim.

• Represented a Fortune 500 Company in a multi-defendant property damage asbestos case in circuit court in Baltimore County. After three months of trial, Jack secured a favorable settlement for his client in a case in which the plaintiff obtained substantial verdicts against remaining non-settling defendants.

• Represented a bank against a series of employment-related claims by three plaintiffs in two separate state court actions. Jack obtained summary judgment on all claims in favor of client.