Donn A. Randall

Biography:

Donn Randall's practice is focused on the representation of banks, mutual fund advisors, and other financial institutions, both in an advisory capacity and in the resolution of disputes. He is experienced in the defense of Fair Lending and Truth in Lending claims, government investigations and regulatory actions, securities fraud class actions, lender liability and workout cases, human resource matters, and cases involving check fraud, wire transfers, and bank operations errors. His expertise extends as well to handling insurance coverage issues for insureds, particularly regarding directors' and officers' liability policies and bankers' blanket bond claims. He is an experienced advocate in the courtroom and in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Donn is chairman of the firm's Client Relations Committee

Related Professional Experience:

Donn joined the firm as a partner in 2003, after several years as a partner in a Boston firm. Before that, he worked for ten years with Shawmut Bank where, as Vice President and Managing Counsel, he was responsible for managing all litigation involving the bank, its parent corporation and affiliates. Previously, Mr. Randall had been a lawyer at Chase Manhattan Bank, and in the New York offices of Grutman, Miller, Greenspoon & Hendler and Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon.

Donn is a past President of the Hartford, Connecticut chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association.

Publications:

Author: "Massachusetts Check Fraud Law," 83 Mass. Law Review 114 (1999).

Representative Experience:

Lambert v. Fleet National Bank. Fleet obtained a judgment on a motion for summary judgment in a lender liability case, followed by an affirmation in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and a written decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Fleet’s favor.

Megitt v. Indymac Bank. The U.S. District Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim for a Truth in Lending Act violation purportedly asserted on behalf of a class of borrowers. The case is currently on appeal.

Go-Best v. Citizens Bank, et al. Citizens Bank obtained a judgment of dismissal in a case in which a lender transferred $5,000,000 to the account of a lawyer who absconded with the funds. The case is currently on appeal.

Odunukwe v. Bank of America. Bank of America obtained a jury verdict in its favor in a case in which plaintiff claimed racial and national origin discrimination because he was able to cash a check at a Bank of America branch after being refused at a different branch.