John R. Cadarette, Jr.

Leadership Co-President - Disputes, Claims, & Investigations

Los Angeles

Office

+1.310.581.6278

John R. Cadarette, Jr., is Co-President of the Disputes, Claims, & Investigations group. His passion and expertise is helping clients resolve major disputes via strategic business negotiations rather than through litigation. He has almost 40 years of complex claims negotiation experience and has been the lead or co-lead on teams that have recovered over $4 billion for their clients, many of which are listed in the Fortune 500.

Prior to joining Stout, Mr. Cadarette was the Chairman of and co-founded The Claro Group, LLC, one of the top privately owned financial, economic, and management consulting firms in the nation. Before that, he was a Managing Director with the consulting firm of LECG; a Worldwide Partner with Arthur Andersen; and a Partner in one of California's oldest and largest law firms, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now known as Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), where he led the firm's Tort and Insurance Litigation practice group and served as the Managing Partner of its Los Angeles office.

Practice Areas

Claim Preparation & Recovery Solutions

Exposure Analytics & Liability Estimation

Claims Administration & Advisory

Mass Torts

Education

J.D., Notre Dame Law School

B.B.A., with Distinction, University of Michigan

Professional Memberships

Regular lecturer/panel member on resolution of complex claims

University of Michigan, Los Angeles Alumni Advisory Council

Invited Participant, Master’s Forum at Pepperdine University Law School – intensive advanced-level seminar by invitation only for professionals involved in alternative dispute resolution

Founding Member and former Chairman, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Committee on Professionalism – established to draft and publish litigation guidelines designed to foster a greater level of civility in litigation matters

Practice Areas

Education
- J.D., Notre Dame Law School
  
  B.B.A., with Distinction, University of Michigan
Professional Memberships
- Regular lecturer/panel member on resolution of complex claims
  
  University of Michigan, Los Angeles Alumni Advisory Council
  
  Invited Participant, Master’s Forum at Pepperdine University Law School – intensive advanced-level seminar by invitation only for professionals involved in alternative dispute resolution
  
  Founding Member and former Chairman, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Committee on Professionalism – established to draft and publish litigation guidelines designed to foster a greater level of civility in litigation matters

Related Experience

Energy & Power

Retained by Amplify Energy Corp. in $96.5M pipeline breach dispute

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