Joshua David Franklin's Legal Cases (3)

White collar crime

United States v. John Johnson

Apr 23, 2015

OUTCOME: Guilty plea with sentence of time served and two years of supervised release.

Client was informed by hedge fund analyst that Foundry Networks, a manufacturer of Ethernet switches and routers, was about to be acquired by Brocade Communications Systems, a company specializing in d ... ata and networking products. Based on analyst’s information, client purchased shares and options of Foundry, and ultimately profited from the trades. Client ultimately obtained cooperation agreement with the government, pled guilty, and was sentenced to time served with two years of supervised release. The other defendants received lengthy prison sentences.

Securities and investment fraud

Bill S. Wolfkiel v. The Altus Group, Vern D. Kornelsen and M. Elaine Kornelsen

Dec 03, 2013

OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of Defendants on all claims.

Successfully defended two individuals at trial against claims for violation of the Colorado Securities Act, Rescission and Restitution, and Violation of the Colorado Viatical Settlements Act. Plaintif ... f was seeking more than $5 million in damages resulting from three separate "life settlement" transactions. At the conclusion of the trial, the trial court found in favor of the defendants and awarded their costs in defending the action.

Insurance

Gregory Toy v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

Nov 21, 2012

OUTCOME: Settled for confidential amount.

Represented insured against insurance company that issued uninsured/underinsured motorist policy for unreasonably delaying payment of $1 million policy limit. The insured brought claims for bad faith ... breach of insurance contract, violation of C.R.S. 10-3-1115 and C.R.S. 10-3-1116, and for punitive damages.

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