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Gregory E. Ostfeld

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Shareholder

Career

Gregory E. Ostfeld is Co-Chair of the Chicago Litigation Practice. For more than two decades, Greg has focused on providing outstanding representation and exceptional service to clients in regulated industries, with a focus on pharmaceutical and medical device companies, the financial services sector, and the consumer products sector. Greg focuses his litigation and appellate practice on class actions, products liability, and other high-stakes litigation, combining innovative strategies with a deep understanding and appreciation of his clients’ business goals and objectives to deliver superior outcomes. Greg’s litigation practice is nationwide; he has handled individual, multi-district, and consolidated cases at the trial court level in dozens of states, and has led appeals in nearly every federal appellate court and approximately two dozen state appellate courts. The pillars of Greg’s practice are: understanding the client’s business; frequent and consistent communication and collaboration; tailoring legal strategy to client objectives; and principled representation meeting the highest standards of professionalism.

Concentrations
Products liability and mass tort litigation
Class action litigation
Pharmaceutical litigation
Medical devices litigation
Consumer fraud litigation
Financial services litigation
Appeals

Capabilities
Litigation
Appellate
Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care
Class Action Litigation
Financial Services Litigation

Admission to Practice
Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., with honors, University of Chicago Law School, 1998
  • Production/Managing Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review
• B.A., summa cum laude, George Washington University
  • Phi Beta Kappa