Andrew C. Nordahl

Representative Matters

• Obtained a jury verdict for one of the country's largest railroads in a class action case involving the Federal Employer's Liability Act.

• Counseled and defended executives from mining client's offices in Belgian, Norwegian, Canadian and American courts, in interviews and depositions with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

• Obtained approval from the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division for $18 billion merger between a Canadian mining company and one of its competitors.

• Obtained summary judgment for a large privately held food company against its insurer. The insurer denied coverage for shareholder litigation.

• Successfully represented a large privately-held food company and its Board of Directors, officers and majority shareholders in two lawsuits involving a former officer and minority shareholder. These suits involved claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder oppression, breach of contract, tortious interference with business expectation, and specific performance of a buy-sell agreement, culminating in a six-week jury trial and three bench trials.

• Defending a large private home improvement chain and its owner against claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and promissory estoppel.