Scott O'Connell

Back to Previous Page
Nixon Peabody LLP
100 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110
P: (617) 345-1150 F: (866) 947-1393 Download vCard E-mail Speaker
Alternate Office Contact:
900 Elm Street
Manchester, NH
603.628.4087

Experience:

National coordinating counsel for truth-in-lending actions and related claims pending throughout the country against a national bank
Successful defense of $81 million fraud and negligent representation action for alleged “bad-bond opinions” in connection with Seabrook nuclear power plant
Successful defense of a “Big 5” accounting firm in connection with the failure of a New Hampshire bank and its holding company
Successful defense of $10 million lender liability action brought against a Boston-based bank
Successful defense of a national bank against a $15 million lender liability action involving fraud, misrepresentation, and civil RICO
Internal investigation and resulting civil RICO action against certain inside officers and directors in three related national banks
Successful arbitration of $4 million civil fraud and conspiracy case concerning alleged false postal documents and no-prosecution decision in related criminal investigation
Successful defense of a “bet the company” closely held corporate control/shareholder dispute and receivership action in the Delaware Chancery Court
$1 million judgment in cellular partnership dispute and successful dismissal of $6 million counterclaims
Multimillion-dollar recovery from joint venturer in breach of fiduciary duty and breach of loyalty action
Multiple internal investigations of insider financial impropriety
Extensive experience enforcing and challenging noncompetition and confidentiality agreements

Education:

Cornell Law School, J.D. (Editor, Law Review)
St. Lawrence University, B.A., cum laude