Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Shawn Organ is a trial lawyer who has focused his practice on defending some of the nation's largest corporations in class actions and complex commercial disputes throughout the United States. His representations in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts have included: defending Fortune 20 corporations in complex multidistrict litigation, securities class actions, ERISA class actions, derivative cases, and subprime class actions. Shawn also has conducted e-commerce compliance audits and advised clients regarding e-commerce best practices related to the FCRA, FACTA, COPPA, the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative, and Section 5 of the FTC Act. These representations have led to several trials and multiple appearances before the Ohio Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit.

With a passion for trial work and a desire to give back to the community and his profession, Shawn taught trial advocacy at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for seven years and volunteered his time for four years to teaching and mentoring an inner city mock trial team for a national competition.

Recognizing his interest in teaching and pro bono legal services, Jones Day tapped Shawn to serve as the Columbus office's lawyer training partner and pro bono partner. Under his guidance, Jones Day Columbus was recognized by the Columbus Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year. Over the past few years Jones Day Columbus has had its number of hours committed to pro bono legal services as well as its percentage of lawyers involved in committing 50 or more hours to pro bono legal services dramatically increase.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Consumer Products & Retail

Representative Cases

• Beauchamp v. CompuServe, Inc. (Franklin Cty. C.P. Ct., Ohio 1997)
• Cardinal Health, Inc. Securities, Derivative & ERISA Litigation, No. 2:04-CV-575-ALM-NMK (S.D. Ohio); Bean v. Havens, et al.,No. 05-CV-13644 (Franklin Cty., Ohio, Common Pleas Ct.)
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Abbott Laboratories, et al., C.A. No. 03-CI-01135 (Franklin Cir. Ct., Div. Two 2004)
• Cummins Engine Company, Inc. Litigation
• Eastman Kodak Company Litigation
• Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. v. Thomasville Furniture Indus., Inc., 206 B.R. 142 (S.D. Ohio 1997)
• GTS Duratek v. Argonne National Laboratory
• Haslam v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.; (U.S.D.C., S.D. Florida 2008)
• In re Cardinal Health, Inc. Securities and ERISA Litigation, No. 04-CV-575 (S.D. Ohio)
• In re LTV Steel Company, Inc., Case No. 00-43866 (U.S. Bankr. Court, N.D. Ohio E.D.)
• In re Montgomery Ward Holding Corp., et al. - Jointly administered Case No. 97-1409 (PJW) - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• In re Montgomery Ward LLC, et al. - Jointly administered Case No. 00-4667 (RTL) - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• In re The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. [v. Internal Revenue Service] (U.S. Bankr. Ct., S.D. Ohio W.D. 1997)
• Jerry R. Kennedy, et al. v. City of Zanesville , (2008)
• Landever v. The Stride Rite Corp.; 07CV3010 (U.S.D.C., N.D. Ohio 2007)
• Montgomery Ward Holding Co. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (U.S. Bankr. Ct., Del.)
• Nilavar v. Diagnostic Imaging Associates, Inc., (Clark Cty. C.P. Ct., Ohio)
• State of Ohio v. Abbott Laboratories, et al., Case No. A0402047 (Hamilton Cty. C.P. Ct. 2004)
• Supreme Court of Ohio Disciplinary Counsel v. Charles Cotton
• Weeden, et al v. Bank of America re NationsBanc Mortgage
• Wilger v. Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
• Youngstown State University Litigation v. First National Bank of Pennsylvania
• E-Commerce Audit

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

• Protecting Your Data Protects the Bottom Line, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2009
• Your Web Site's "Terms of Use": Are They Enforceable?, Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, 2008
• Does FACTA Truncation Apply To E-Commerce? Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, 2008
• FACTA Truncation: Applicable to the Digital World?, Class Action Watch, 2008
• If Your Company Accepts Credit Cards, You Need to Read This, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2007
• If Your Business Accepts Credit Cards, You Need to Read This, Jones Day State Tax Return, 2007
• FACTA Truncation -- A Small Answer to Identity Theft or a Big Problem for Business? CCH Financial Privacy Law Guide, 2007
• If Your Business Accepts Credit Cards, You Need to Read This, 2007
• Supreme Court Opens Door Wider to Retailer Liability with Credit Act, Columbus Business First, 2007
• Consumer Transactions May Have Become Riskier, Product Liability Law 360, 2007
• Has Dealing in Consumer Transactions Become Riskier in Ohio?, 2007
• Chapter 17 Post-Trial Motions, Sixth Circuit Trial Practice Guide (1st ed., Lawyers Cooperative Publishing), 1996

Address

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

Phones

1.614.281.3961 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com