John Russell Campbell

Balch Sports

• Negotiated over $1 billion in coaching contracts, including more than $850 million in the last 8 years ($650 million in the last 6 years)
• 2x biggest contract in college football history (2019 & 2022)
• Biggest coordinator contract in college football history (2017 & 2018)
• 2x biggest contract for 1st – time Power 5 head coach in Power 5 history (2021)
• Biggest contract for 1st – time head coach in Group of 5 history (2020)
• 2nd biggest contract in college baseball history (2022)

Litigation

• PSC Proceedings: Represented pole owners in rulemaking proceedings to implement initial state jurisdiction over the rates, terms and conditions governing attachment to poles owned by electric cooperates.
• Joint use/pole attachments: Representing multiple electric utility (pole owners) before the Federal Communications Commission, trial courts, and appellate courts concerning communications company attachments, including National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) issues.
• Energy litigation: Represented investor-owned utility (IOU) in multi-jurisdictional litigation concerning failed energy markets, imbalance tariffs, adequate assurances under forward power contracts, RICO violations, and control area tariffs.
• Corporate landowner: Defended putative class action involving claims of fraud and conspiracy arising from closure of residential mobile home park on managed reservoir.
• Smart grid issues: Represent IOUs concerning smart grid infrastructure, bandwidth issues, automated meters, and emerging trends.
• Products: Representation of commercial builder in litigation against a large HVAC manufacturer related to the purchase of more than 1,200 HVAC products.