ジョナサン・ガーローは、複雑な紛争処理に豊富な経験を持つ訴訟弁護士であり、特に集団訴訟および複数州にまたがる訴訟を専門としている。 RICO法、消費者保護法、サプライチェーンの混乱、商業用不動産、証券詐欺、契約違反、営業秘密、雇用紛争など、様々な商業紛争においてクライアントを代理してきた。当事務所の商業訴訟プラクティスのパートナーであり、消費者法・金融・集団訴訟プラクティスのメンバーでもある。
Jonathan has also advised clients in connection with white collar defense and government investigations involving Anti-Kickback, Stark Act and other claims of fraud, and has conducted internal investigations concerning alleged violations of related state and federal laws.
Jonathan is a skilled and experienced trial lawyer, who has first and second-chaired disputes in state and federal court, and in AAA and JAMS arbitration proceedings.
He has appeared in state and federal courts in Illinois, Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and he has represented clients in the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits.
Jonathan has made a significant commitment to pro bono work, arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Department of Justice’s Immigration Court in Chicago. He also represented a public university before the Seventh Circuit in a complex First Amendment challenge to the University’s distribution of student activity funding.
Prior to joining Foley, Jonathan served as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard A. Griffin in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Hon. Tu M. Pham, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.
代表的な経験
- First-chaired medical device company in jury trial arising from FDA approval of device, obtaining complete defense verdict on all claims against client, and prevailing on counterclaims against plaintiff/counter-defendant for breach of contract and misrepresentation.
- Defeated class certification in consumer protection act and fraud claims brought by users of Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River toll bridges.
- Defeated class certification, and secured decertification, of FLSA claims brought challenging employer’s wage and hour practices.
- Obtained emergency injunctive relief for nationwide automobile seller to prevent effort by Illinois Secretary of State to revoke state licensure and prevent seller from operating business pending outcome of administrative proceedings.
- Obtained dismissal of defamation and other business tort claims brought against nationwide pharmacy chain by prescribers in state and federal courts located in Indiana, Virginia, Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina.
- Successfully represented student loan servicer in business tort dispute with subcontractor in Delaware Chancery Court, obtaining critical discovery and dispositive motion rulings resulting in settlement.
- Secured seminal ruling from federal court that state prompt pay law did not apply to third-party payor.
- Secured dismissal in a series of class action multistate lawsuits filed in California, Arizona, and Nevada federal courts challenging foundational components of the secondary mortgage market.
- Successfully petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit for rehearing en banc and obtaining dismissal of a request for injunctive relief pursuant to the federal Tax Injunction Act.
- Secured dismissal of breach of contract and business tort claims arising under referral agreement between automobile financing company and leasing company.
- Represented wide range of participants in health care industry, including PBMs, pharmacies, medical device manufacturers, and billing and coding specialists, in litigation and arbitration throughout the United States.
- Obtained summary judgment in Illinois state and federal courts on wage and hour claims involving donning and doffing of work clothing and equipment.
Jonathan has made a significant commitment to pro bono work, arguing before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Department of Justice’s Immigration Court in Chicago. He also represented a public university before the Seventh Circuit in a complex First Amendment challenge to the University’s distribution of student activity funding.
Prior to joining Foley, Jonathan served as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard A. Griffin in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for the Hon. Tu M. Pham, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.
受賞歴と表彰
- Illinois Super Lawyers–Rising Stars® (2014-2016)*
発表と出版物
- Contributor, Chicago Law Bulletin, InsideCounsel, the annual employment law treatise, The Law Guide – Employee Relations Law for Illinois Employers, published by MRA – The Management Association, Inc.
- Contributor, 2009 update of the practice treatise Secured Transactions, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- Author, “Weighing in on the Wine Wars: What the European Union Can Teach Us About the Direct Shipment Controversy,” 46 Wm. & Mary L. Rev 1533 (2005)
- Co-author, “SEC Modifies Settlement Language For Cases Involving Criminal Convictions,” Financier Worldwide Magazine (July 2012)
第七巡回区控訴裁判所、パンデミック中の授業中止決定をめぐる大学に対する集団訴訟の認定に「厳格な分析」を強調
カリフォルニア州北部地区連邦地方裁判所、損害賠償モデルの不備を理由にコムキャスト訴訟における集団訴訟認定を取り消し
オピオイド訴訟の多地域訴訟(MDL)担当判事が、和解交渉のため前例のない全国規模の政府機関集団訴訟の認定を求める申し立てを検討中