C. Dana Hobart

Mr. Hobart specializes in the litigation and trial of complex commercial cases and debtor/creditor business relations. He has also represented clients in transactional and financing matters and in governmental protests and appeals. Mr. Hobart has tried and litigated cases in state and federal courts and argued before state and federal appellate panels. His practice focuses on aviation, commercial fraud, banking and finance, securities and professional negligence.

Mr. Hobart’s representative experience includes such clients and matters as:

• Evergreen International Aviation, Inc., a global aviation services company, in multi-million dollar fraud, contract, and bank financing actions, bondholder matters, and a major debt refinancing.
• Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., Hawaii’s largest and longest-serving airline and second largest provider of passenger air service between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, in obtaining an $80 million judgment, plus an award of $3.9 million in attorneys fees, against Mesa Air Group, arising from Mesa’s breach of a confidentiality agreement. Hawaiian ultimately recovered from Mesa a cash settlement payment of $52.5 million.  Mr. Hobart also represented Hawaiian in litigation and labor disputes relating to Hawaiian’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
• Rabobank, a Dutch full-range financial services provider, in a $500 million fraud action against the Royal Bank of Canada involving Enron-related derivative instruments and structured financings.  Mr. Hobart also represented Rabobank in a multi-million dollar professional negligence against Rabobank’s former attorneys.
• Certain bondholders of Adelphia Communications Corporation in complex disputed inter-debtor claims and causes of action.

Publications

• Failing the Smell Test
• It's All In the Details

News

• Can BofA Shareholders Exact Revenge?

Professional Affiliations

• Executive Committee Member of the University of Southern California Legion Lex Annual Fund
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association