John F. Daum
Of Counsel
John F. Daum is Of Counsel in O'Melveny's Los Angeles office, a member of the Business Trial and Litigation Practice, and a member of the Joint Leadership Team.
John's professional experience includes:
- Counsel for defendants in oil spill and environmental matters
- Counsel for a large entertainment industry client in several major record industry litigations
- Counsel for landowners in land title litigation with the United States and the State of California arising out of Colorado River movements
- Counsel for Trustee in a petroleum company bankruptcy and reorganization
- Counsel for insurers in major coverage matters including asbestos coverage issues and environmental coverage matters
- Defense of RICO and securities litigation
- Counsel for an oil exploration and production company in an action challenging state income tax on oil producers
- Counsel for major cities in defense of constitutional challenges to pension reform legislation
- Counsel for defendants in several major multidistrict or coordinated proceedings, including cement and concrete industry Antitrust Litigation and computer peripheral devices Antitrust Litigation
- Counsel for out-of-state and foreign banks in connection with international trade matters
Professional Activities
Law Clerk, Honorable Eugene A. Wright, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1969‑1970)
Admitted to Practice, US District Court, Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California; US Court of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits; US Supreme Court
Member, American Bar Association, Committee on Federal Procedure
Author, "Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Contingent Valuation,"
Contingent Valuation (J. Hausman, ed. 1992)
Lecturer, On Federal Courts and Federal Jurisdiction, University of Southern California Law School
Honors, Named a "Super Lawyer" in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in
Los Angeles magazine
Languages, French; Spanish; German; Russian