Biography
Callan R. Jackson is a partner in Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP’s Corporate Litigation Group, representing corporations, directors, officers, and stockholders in complex, high-stakes business litigation pending before the Delaware Court of Chancery. She represents clients in disputes involving corporate governance, fiduciary duties, mergers and acquisitions, stockholder rights, corporate control, books and records, advancement, indemnification, dissolution, and other statutory proceedings. Callan has significant experience with expedited litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery as well as non-expedited litigation and pre-litigation dispute resolution. She has litigated cases through trial both as first-chair trial counsel and as part of a larger trial team with national counsel.
Callan is co-chair of the firm’s Recruiting Committee. She maintains an active pro bono practice, including serving as a guardian ad litem in Delaware Court of Chancery proceedings.
Practice Areas
Experience
Representative Matters
- Directors and officers of Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.) in defense of alleged breach of fiduciary duty claims
- The State of Delaware in a constitutional challenge to the SB 21 amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law before the Delaware Supreme Court
- Twitter, Inc. in an action against Elon Musk and his affiliates in expedited busted-deal litigation to compel closing of transaction
- Committees of boards of directors for various companies investigating and responding to stockholder demand letters
- Coliseum Capital Management, as the largest stockholder of Purple Innovation, Inc., in connection with a proxy contest and related expedited litigation
- Officers of Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. in defense of allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with sale to Silver Lake and P2 Capital Partners
- National Amusements Inc. (NAI), Shari Redstone, and Sumner Redstone in a favorable settlement against CBS Corporation and certain members of its board of directors concerning CBS’s attempt to dilute NAI’s voting control of CBS
- Controllers of ISN Software Corp. in a successful post-trial holding denying claims for breach of fiduciary duty due to delay
Professional Activities & Recognition
Honors & Recognitions
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law (2022-present)
Super Lawyers: Rising Star for Delaware, Business Litigation (2024)
Professional
ABA Business Law Section Fellow 2022-2024
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2022 Pathfinder
DSBA Young Lawyers Section, Co-Chair (2023), Executive Board member (2020-2023)
Cooperating Attorney, Delaware ACLU
Education
The Pennsylvania State University, J.D. cum laude, 2016
- Associate Editor, Penn State Law Review
- Member, Woolsack Honor Society
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, B.A. summa cum laude, 2013; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar & Court Admissions
Bar Admissions
- Delaware, 2016