Jonathan Garlough is a litigator with extensive experience handling complex disputes, with a particular focus on class action and multistate litigation. He has represented clients in a variety of commercial disputes involving RICO, consumer protection act, supply-chain disruptions, commercial real estate, securities fraud, breach of contract, trade secret, and employment disputes. He is a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice and a member of the firm’s Consumer Law, Finance and Class Action Practice.
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.
