J. THOMAS HANNAN
J.
Thomas Hannan is an experienced and accomplished trial and litigation lawyer
with a national reputation for high quality work in complex commercial cases.
He has served as lead counsel in numerous jury and court trials with notable
success, and has settled many matters at all stages of litigation, representing
plaintiffs, defendants and third parties, with an emphasis on representation
of plaintiffs. Mr. Hannan has substantial experience in matters involving professional
negligence by accountants, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers and financial
advisors, consumer class actions, antitrust, investor and business fraud, unfair
lending practices, False Claim Act litigation, and securities litigation.
Mr. Hannan is a recognized expert in litigation and trial practice. In 1982, The Honorable Carl Muecke, then the Chief Judge in the District of Arizona described Mr. Hannan:
“Mr. Hannan is a highly capable and experienced antitrust and trial attorney with a national reputation . . . Mr. Hannan and members of his firm participated in many important aspects of this litigation. The caliber of this firm's work met the highest standards of excellence . . . “
In Re Arizona Escrow Fee Litigation, Trade Ref. Rep. (CCH 1982 Transfer Binder) 65,198 at 71,815 (D. Ariz, 1982).
Mr. Hannan graduated from Dartmouth College, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, and thereafter attended the University of California Law School (Boalt Hall, JD 1966). He is the co-author of an article entitled "The Importance of Economic Reality and Risk in Defining Federal Securities," 25 Hastings Law Journal 219 (1974). Prior to graduation from Boalt Hall, he received an appointment to be the law clerk to the Honorable Alfonso J. Zirpoli in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
He has been in private practice since 1967. In 1970, he joined Ronald Lovitt and created Lovitt & Hannan, Inc. as a unique business and complex commercial litigation firm. He is rated A.V. by Martindale Hubbell.