Mansfield, Douglas M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Japanese
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Doug Mansfield is a litigator with more than 15 years of experience in complex corporate and commercial litigation and class actions. Doug represents clients in the automotive, agricultural, telecommunications, securities, broker-dealer, banking, health care, real estate, and construction industries in disputes relating to complicated contracts, distributor terminations, trade secrets, consumer fraud, government investigations, and compliance matters. Doug also advises clients on USDA and state regulatory issues under the federal and state seed laws.

Doug has tried cases before state and federal courts, state administrative agencies, and Self-Regulating Organizations (SROs), such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and other arbitration panels around the country. Doug recently represented American Electric Power in a multimillion dollar dispute involving termination of derivatives contracts under an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreement with a Canadian counterparty. Doug is currently counsel for First American Title Insurance Company in a putative class action pending in federal court seeking recovery of all First American title insurance premiums paid on residential real estate transactions by Illinois citizens. He spent four years in the U.S. Army as a Chinese linguist and three years in Tokyo as a securities analyst. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.

Doug is a member of the Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations and is active in pro bono matters. Doug is currently representing a Mt. Vernon, Ohio student and his family in a case involving separation of church and state in which a teacher, John Freshwater, allegedly burned a cross on the student's arm.

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• AEPES and AEP involved in action concerning natural-gas derivatives transactions governed by ISDA Master Agreement , (2009)
• First American Title successfully defends against putative class action alleging illegal kickbacks to attorney agents
• Mentally retarded adult receives assistance to enforce unjust enrichment judgment after losing his home to caregiver
• Sprint Nextel successfully defends against breach of contract action

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

• Stanford University
• U of Cincinnati

Published Works

• Appellate Court Declines Look at Subjective 'Good Faith' in Contract, LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, Vol. 16, Number 3, 2009
• New "Dualing" Amendments to Dealer-Protection Laws Pass Legislatures, LJN Franchising Business & Law Alert, 2009
• MO Supreme Court Denies Auto Dealer’s 'Bad Faith' Statutory Claim, LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, Vol. 15, Number 9, 2009
• 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
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
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