Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Japanese
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Doug Mansfield concentrates his practice on commercial litigation and has substantial experience representing automobile manufacturers in franchise litigation between the manufacturers and their dealers. He also has substantial experience regarding securities industry arbitrations before the National Association of Securities Dealers and other Self-Regulating Organizations (SROs). Doug has significant trial experience before state and federal courts, state administrative agencies, and SRO arbitration panels. Doug represents clients in Ohio and throughout the country and has worked on matters pending in locations such as New York, Minnesota, North Carolina, Florida, West Virginia, and Utah.

In addition to defending clients in litigation, Doug has significant experience counseling clients on litigation avoidance. He also has significant experience in the Japanese capital markets, having worked in Tokyo, Japan for three years before attending law school — first as a writer for IR Japan, Inc., an investor relations firm, and then as a securities analyst for Swiss Bank Corporation (SBCI Securities [Asia] Limited). Doug also spent four years in the United States Army as a Chinese linguist.

He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• International Litigation & Arbitration

Representative Cases

• American Electric Power Energy Systems, Inc. v. Bank of Montreal (S.D. Oh.)
• Howland v. First American Title Insurance Company, No. 07 C 2628 (N.D. Ill.)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Cincinnati

Published Works

• Contributor, How to Fix the U.S. Auto Industry: A Dealership Perspective, Franchising Business & Law Alert, Volume 15, Number 5, 2009
• Auto Dealer Can Bring 'Bad Faith' Statutory Claim, Franchising Business & Law Alert, Volume 15, Number 4, 2009
• Appellate Court Says Waiver Enforceable, Notwithstanding Statute, Franchising Business & Law Alert, Volume 15, Number 3, 2008
• Franchisors May Have Standing to Seek to Quash Subpoenas Directed to Third Parties, LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, 2008

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3943 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com