Experience 

John Nadolenco is an experienced civil litigator who has appeared before many federal and state courts, as well as before numerous arbitrators. John’s practice is focused on class-action defense, including defending securities and derivative cases, consumer class actions, and employment class actions.

John also has represented clients in antitrust, environmental, real estate and general commercial and business cases litigation (e.g., breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition). He has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including retailers, biotechnology companies, telecommunications companies, financial institutions, automobile companies, railroads, and entertainment companies.

Within Mayer Brown’s Litigation practice, John serves as firmwide Co-Group Leader of the Consumer Class Action group. He was named in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® and in 2009, he was named one of the "Top 20 California Lawyers Under 40" by the Daily Journal. John joined the firm in 1995.

Notable Engagements 

• Blackwater Worldwide (now Xe Company) v. City of San Diego et al. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California).  In the wake of the U.S.S. Cole bombing, Blackwater Worldwide was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to train its sailors to handle small fire arms.  Just days before Blackwater was supposed to start training the sailors--and in the midst of primary elections--the City of San Diego announced that it would not allow Blackwater to open a military training facility in San Diego County.  John led the team that obtained a TRO and preliminary injunction enjoining City officials from preventing Blackwater from occupying and using its facility.  The Court found that the City violated its own Municipal Code, as well as Blackwater's constitutional due-process rights.  The highly charged political and legal case drew wide-spread attention in the primary and general elections in San Diego and garnered additional attention due to stiff opposition by activists opposed to Blackwater.  After full briefing before the Ninth Circuit, the parties settled the dispute for a payment of $150,000 in attorneys fees from the City to Blackwater.
• Azoiani v. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores (US District Court for the Central District of California).  Defeated certification in putative nationwide consumer class action alleging violations of Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).
• BNSF Rail Way Co. et al. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District (US District Court for the Central District of California). Represented BNSF and its trade association in a federal preemption bench trial. The District Court issued a permanent injunction precluding the South Coast Air Quality Management District from enforcing rules regulating locomotive and rail-yard emissions.
• Clayworth v. Pfizer et al. (Alameda County Superior Court). Represented Amgen Inc. in an antitrust claim in which plaintiffs claimed that the defendant pharmaceutical companies conspired to fix prices in the United States.
• Savaglio et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al. (Alameda County Superior Court). Represented Wal-Mart in a statewide meal-period class action, from the outset of the case, through class certification briefing and during the four-month jury trial in Alameda County, California.   

Education 

American University - Washington College of Law, JD, summa cum laude, 1995 • University of Arizona, BA, summa cum laude, 1992

Admitted

• US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996
• California, 1995
• US District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California, 1995