Jonathan focuses his practice on intellectual property, privacy, and internet law, litigation, utility law, and business matters. This focus allows him to provide zealous, yet cost effective, representation to all of his clients. His clients include brewers, distillers, food producers, software developers, retailers, manufacturers, athletes, artists, authors, technology companies, and just about every type of business and individual you can think of.

Background

Jonathan attended Bradley University, earning a bachelors of science in chemistry. He followed that by attending DePaul University College of Law, earning his juris doctor and a certificate in intellectual property. Outside practicing law, he teaches Intellectual Property and the Entrepreneur at Bradley University, travels the world, and spoils his dog, Chief.

Leadership & recognition

Jonathan is a member of the the Illinois State Bar Association and served as chair of its Intellectual Property Section Council and the Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation Section Council. He is also a council member for the its Food Law Section and the Special Committee on Alternative Business Structures.

He is also a member of the International Trademark Association and is the Secretary of the Central District of Illinois Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He serves as the chair of the Federal Practice Committee of the Peoria County Bar Association,

In each year from 2017-2021, Leading Lawyers named Jonathan as an Emerging Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law; Public Utilities Law: Gas/Water/Electric; Energy Law; and Commercial litigation. Only two percent of lawyers under 40 earn this recognition.

Jonathan was also a founding board member of Startup Peoria, an organization aimed at assisting entrepreneurs and facilitating growth of a startup community in the Peoria, Illinois area. He continues to be active in the Illinois startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem through assisting similar organizations and representing startups and entrepreneuers

Licensed in

  • State of Illinois

  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

and also practices before

  • United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office

  • Illinois Commerce Commission

  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

  • Illinois administrative bodies including the Illinois Department of Labor and Illinois Department of Human Rights

  • Other federal courts through pro hac vice admission, including, in the past, the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas, the Central District of California, the District of Arizona, the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York, the Southern District of Indiana, the Western District of Kentucky, the Eastern District of Tennessee, the Middle District of Tennessee, the Northern District of Florida, the Middle District of Florida, and the Eastern District of North Carolina.