John Umana

Current

• Owner at Law Office of John Umana (Sole Proprietorship)

Education

• University of Michigan

Connections

4 connections

Industry

Legal Services

John Umana’s Summary

AV rating by Martindale Hubbell
• Extensive experience in general civil litigation; construction industry; securities, insurance, real estate, energy, and civil rights; real estate litigation. E.g., argued construction industry case on behalf of an architect in D.C. Court of Appeals on May 15, 2008.
• Argued and won reversal of district court judgment in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Guang Lu v. Zurich, 115 Fed.Appx. 613 (4th Cir. 2004); defeated summary judgment on remand.
• Represented clients before U.S. Supreme Court on petition for writ of certiorari.
• Obtained award for client against District of Columbia in D.C. Contract Appeals Board.
• Won jury verdict in complex multi-million dollar securities litigation on behalf of investors, Kent D. Fortson, et al. v. Craig Hall, et al., (E.D. Va.).
• Served as of counsel in prosecuting multi-million dollar energy litigation in Southern District of New York, In re MG Refining and Marketing, Inc. Litigation, 1997 WL 23177 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)
• Served as counsel for various Swiss banks; retained by U.S. Agency for International Development to assist Pakistani government in energy project and negotiations of finance package.

John Umana’s Specialties:

complex litigation, corporate and securities, civil rights

John Umana’s Experience

• Owner

  Law Office of John Umana (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Law Practice industry)

  June 1989 — Present (19 years 5 months)

  Trial and appellate attorney
  • Extensive experience in complex civil litigation; securities, construction industry; Department of Justice, SEC, CFTC, AG proceedings, insurance, real estate, energy, and civil rights; real estate.
  • Obtained reversal of district court decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Guang Lu v. Zurich, 115 Fed.Appx. 613 (4th Cir. 2004).
  • Member of U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
  • Brought on as 'of counsel' to prosecute case on behalf of U.S. oil resellers in multi-million dollar energy litigation in Southern District of New York, In re MG Refining and Marketing, Inc. Litigation, 1997 WL 23177 (S.D.N.Y. 1997).

John Umana’s Education

• University of Michigan

  J.D., Ph.D., philosophy and law, 1974 — 1977

  Danforth Fellow; Kent Fellowship for Advanced Graduate Studies

  Activities and Societies:

  Note editor, editorial board, Michigan Law Review.

Additional Information

John Umana’s Interests:

Sports, tennis, swimming, songwriting, guitar and singing, recording, science writer. Author, Creation: Towards a Theory of All Things (amazon.com 2005) on the evolution debate between Darwinists and intelligent design. Legal Times (May 22, 2006): "Umana is a leading proponent of intelligent design." In fact, I am both an adherent of biological evolution (i.e., common ancestry) and an intelligent design theorist.

John Umana’s Honors:

Ph.D., philosophy, The University of Michigan; Danforth Fellow; nominee for Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award, University of Michigan Graduate School

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