John S. Worden has been with Schiff Hardin (and its predecessor, Morgenstein & Jubelirer) since 1989 and has been a partner since 1996. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Worden was Morgenstein's managing partner. He practices throughout the United States and, in addition to substantial work in California and elsewhere, heads the firm's Nevada practice.
Mr. Worden is a trial lawyer. He has tried dozens of cases of all kinds across the United States, for plaintiffs and defendants, in state court, federal court, in front of judges and juries and binding arbitration panels, including all of the following: insurance, reinsurance, construction, securities, environmental, venture capital, finance, labor and employment, commercial, contract, real estate, personal injury (plaintiff and defense), wrongful death, and uninsured motorist matters. To date he has won the last 19 cases he has tried.
Insurance Coverage
Mr. Worden has experience representing policyholders and carriers in insurance disputes in the following areas, among others:
- Construction, residential and commercial;
- Wrongful acts;
- Directors & officers;
- Comprehensive general liability;
- Personal injury;
- Life insurance;
- Environmental/Asbestos;
- Reinsurance
Construction
Mr. Worden has handled construction disputes for more than 20 years, representing subcontractors, prime contractors and owners in all types of litigation, including the following examples:
- The largest subcontractor (electrical) in the $8 billion Las Vegas CityCenter project;
- The largest contractor (HVAC) in a $60 million Stockton waterfront redevelopment hotel project;
- The owners/developers in numerous residential home and condominium developments throughout the West
Financial Services
Mr. Worden's experience in the financial services area, in addition to trial work, involves dozens of NASD/FINRA arbitrations, including:
- Customer suits against broker-dealers;
- Venture capital/private equity disputes
In his "spare time" Mr. Worden plays essentially year-round on two basketball teams, an indoor soccer team, a softball team, and is a black belt kung fu instructor (and a former multiple-gold medalist at the national kung fu champions in Baltimore and silver medalist at the world kung fu championships in Sao Paulo, Brasil). But, alas, Mr. Worden must confess that he isn't as good at any of these pursuits as he remembers himself to be.