Jefferson D. Patten | Associate
Mr. Patten specializes in the analysis and litigation of disputes across the country in both federal and state jurisdictions. Although concentrating on first-party coverage matters, his areas of practice include commercial disputes, admiralty, construction contracts and claims, subrogation recoveries, product liability and transportation and cargo losses. Mr. Patten has successfully defended numerous large-value losses associated with property damage, revenue losses, contract penalties and bad-faith, including matters resulting from the 9/11 and Katrina catastrophes.
Prior to law school, he spent four years in the United States Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer.
EDUCATION
J.D., John Marshall Law School, 2001
- cum laude
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998
ADMISSIONS
Illinois State Bar
United States District Court for the Northern and Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
United States District Court of Arizona
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Pro hac vice throughout the United States
