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John R. W. Cracken is an American trial lawyer and private investor based in Dallas, Texas. He is the managing partner of The Cracken Law Firm PC. In 2010, Cracken and his co-counsel filed 69,608 individual actions in Texas state court on behalf of 69,608 consumers against the consumer reporting agency, Trans Union.〔Precinct 5, Place 1, Nueces County, Texas, Cause Nos. 2010-CV-00001(through 69608)-JP5-1, J''ustice of the Peace Court''〕 This was reported by some as the largest mass filing, by a single law firm, in American history. DLA Piper represented Trans Union in the mass filing and in 2011 the matter settled for approximately $27 million. In 2009, Cracken and his co-counsel filed three mass actions in New Mexico state court on behalf of 123 customers against certain directors, officers, and employees of then-bankrupt Eclipse Aviation Corp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2009-11-23/former-eclipse-execs-embroiled-lawsuits )〕 The employees were represented by a variety of law firms, including Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. The matter was settled in 2012 for approximately $41 million. Cracken normally litigates class actions and mass actions. Aside from the practice of law, Cracken and long-time private-investment partners John D. Harkey, Jr.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_CEO/2013/March/Consolidated_Restaurant_Operations_CEO_John_Harkey.aspx )〕 and E. Gene Street,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://restaurant-hospitality.com/top_chefs/rh_imp_12531 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2010/January/The_35_Biggest_Moments_in_Modern_Dallas_History_4.aspx )〕 were heavily involved in the restaurant industry between 1997 and 2007. They acquired El Chico Restaurants, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ:ELCH), Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc. (formerly NYSE:SWH), along with a variety of private restaurant companies. The resulting company, Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc.,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.croinc.com )〕 owned and operated more than 100 full-service, casual-dining restaurants in America and abroad. In 2007 they employed more than 5,000 full and part-time employees. Harkey bought the majority of Cracken's and Street's shares in 2007.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nrn.com/archive/two-cro-owners-sell-majority-their-stake-company )〕 Between 1999 and 2001, Cracken and co-founders Harkey and Christopher Hipp co-founded RocketLogix, Inc. (which later became RLX Technologies, Inc.). Hipp invented what is now known as the “blade server”, which consolidated the components of a high-efficiency server on a single printed-circuit-board assembly. It enabled data centers to achieve a high density of servers in their Telco racks. Cracken and Hipp, as CEO and CTO respectively, raised approximately $60 million in venture capital for RLX. This included $40 million from noted financier and philanthropist George Soros. In order to bring RLX’s blade server to market they recruited the then-recently retired executive team from the systems division of former Compaq Computer Corporation. In 2005, HP bought RLX and today the blade server is offered by many of the top server makers in the world, including Cisco, Dell, HP, and IBM. ==Background== Cracken was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, to Bill and Marilyn Cracken. In 1984, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. In 1987, he graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree. While attending the University's law school, Cracken competed in a number of national and intramural competitions. He won first place, best advocate and best brief in the University’s Hildebrand (now Susman Godfrey) Moot Court Competition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://endowments.giving.utexas.edu/page/susman-godfrey-moot-ct-comp/1835 )〕 Cracken was also a member of the University’s National Moot Court Team and ATLA (now AAJ) Mock Trial Team,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/1734.htm )〕 and the latter won the national championship in 2006. While attending the University, Cracken served as the president of Phi Eta Sigma and he was a member of Tau Beta Pi and the Texas Wranglers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.texaswranglers.org/ )〕 The University named Cracken a Goodfellow in the University’s Cactus Yearbook,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.utexas.edu/tsm/media/cactus/ )〕 named him on the Board of Directors the University Co-op,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.universitycoop.com/info/our-story )〕 and he was also part of The Order of Barristers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John R. W. Cracken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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