John Vielandi

John Vielandi is a Partner in the New York office of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP.  John focuses on representing investors in corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters, including shareholder class and derivative litigation.

Notable matters where John served or is serving as lead or co-lead counsel include: In re Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stockholders Litigation ($125 million class settlement); Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters Pension Trust Fund v Walton et al. ($123 million derivative settlement); In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Stockholders Litigation ($100 million class settlement); Nantahala Capital Partners II Limited Partnership v. QAD Inc. ($65 million class settlement); In re Coty Inc. Stockholder Litigation ($35 million class and derivative settlement and additional governance reforms); Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island v Marciano et al. ($30 million derivative settlement and substantial governance reforms); Macomb County Employees’ Retirement System v. McBride et al., ($30 million derivative settlement); In re Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. Stockholders Litigation ($22 million class settlement); In re HomeFed Corp. Stockholder Litigation ($15 million settlement); In re Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. Stockholders' Litigation ($15 million class settlement); and John Makris, et al. v. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. ($12.5 million settlement).

John joined the Firm from Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, where he was a key member of the teams that litigated numerous high-profile actions, including City of Monroe Employees’ Retirement System v. Rupert Murdoch et al. and In re Vaalco Energy, Inc. Consolidated Stockholder Litigation.  While in law school, John was a legal intern at the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings and a judicial intern for the Honorable Carolyn E. Demarest of the New York State Supreme Court.

John earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, where he was the Notes and Comments Editor for the Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law, and was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award.  He received his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.