Jon Devendorf

Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation & Complex Trials

• White Collar & Government Investigations

Career

A trial attorney with over 30 years of litigation experience in state and federal courts, administrative and regulatory forums, arbitration, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, Jon handles a wide array of complex commercial and real estate litigation matters.

Jon prosecutes and defends claims involving business contracts, partnership agreements, shareholder interests, corporate dissolution, financial disputes, and other business interests. He also draws upon his early training as an assistant district attorney to investigate, prosecute, and defend matters involving corporate claims for damages and asset recovery for employee deceit, misconduct, and fraud. His clients include public and private companies, regulated entities, sole-member and closely held businesses, and individuals.

In real estate matters, Jon represents title insurers, title agencies, land-use organizations, member associations, and individuals in disputes concerning real estate interests such as actions involving title to real property, boundary disagreements, easements and land-use rights, waterfront interests, and timber disputes.

Professional Memberships

• Onondaga County Bar Association, Board of Directors and Member

• Federal Bar Association

Publications

• Barclay Damon LLP, “Anticipate Litigation? Better Saved Than Sanctioned: When to Preserve Electronically Stored Information - Federal Courts' Zubulake Standard Adopted in New York”

Personal

• Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse, Executive Board Member

• United Way Policy Council for Success by Six, Legislative Team Chair

• Rescue Mission Volunteer

• Youth Sports Coach

Expert in these Jurisdictions

• New York

• US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

• US District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• US District Court for the Northern District of New York

• US District Court for the Southern District of New York

• US District Court for the Western District of New York

Languages Spoken

English

Experience

• Represents multinational telecommunication companies in contract disputes and constitutional challenges to prohibitive regulatory actions and codes.

• Represents regulated utilities in the prosecution and defense of multimillion dollar contract claims and business disputes.

• Represents businesses and business owners in shareholders disputes, derivative actions, ownership transfer and dissolution proceedings.

• Represents high-wealth trusts and fiduciaries in contested accounting and fiduciary proceedings.

• Represents government interests in multi-jurisdiction Native American land claims.

• Represented a historic foundation in legal proceedings involving title, possession, and deaccessioning claims on a Thomas Cole master painting.

• Represented a Fortune 100 defense contractor in defense-of-contract action and the prosecution of counterclaims.

• Defended class-action lawsuit for a major NYC retailer.

• Prosecuted lawsuit for a multinational manufacturer to recover damages for lost business opportunity and other losses.

• Prosecuted fraud, waste, and corporate malfeasance claims in derivative action, leading to a multi-million settlement.

• Defended shareholder-derivative action for a major manufacturer, leading to case dismissal.

• Defended franchisee against an automobile manufacturer in termination action.

• Defended class-action lawsuit seeking to block a bank merger.

Education

Awards