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Bartlit Beck LLP
COURTHOUSE PLACE, 54 WEST HUBBARD STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60610
ILLINOIS
United States

Career

Jason Peltz has a national litigation practice, regularly handling cases before state and federal courts, arbitrators, and mediators across the country. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation, including matters involving breach of contract, patent infringement, product liability, breach of fiduciary duty, and deceptive and unfair trade practices.

Jason joined the firm in 1996 and has served as the firm’s managing partner since 2018. Prior to joining the firm, Jason graduated from the University of Michigan with high distinction, earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School with honors, and clerked for the Honorable Gerald E. Rosen on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He is a member of the bar in Illinois and Michigan and has been admitted to practice in state and federal courts across the country.

Memberships

American Bar Association, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections

Chicago Bar Association, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law Committees

Sedona Conference’s Working Group 10: Best Practices in Patent Litigation

Adjunct Professor of Law: Taught “Trial Technology” class on the use of technology in the practice of law at trial and in preparation for trial, Northwestern University School of Law

Jewish United Fund of Chicago, Member of Board of Directors

Education

The University of Chicago Law School, 1992, J.D., with Honors

University of Michigan, 1989, B.A., with High Distinction

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes

Boutique litigation firm Bartlit Beck LLP is known for the ‘strategic brilliance’ of its team of ‘battle-tested trial lawyers’. The group’s caseload spans the full range of complex commercial disputes, ranging from breach of contract and tortious interference cases to consumer and environmental liability claims. Managing partner Jason Peltz heads up the practice and represents clients in a wide range of consumer and trade practice cases. Denver’s Andrew Baak acts for clients in complex disputes involving product liability and IP issues. Seasoned trial lawyer Rebecca Weinstein Bacon represents Fortune 500 companies in pharmaceutical products liability claims, antitrust cases, and consumer class actions. Intellectual property, trade secret misappropriation, product liability, and breach of contract cases are the core pillars of Sean Gallagher‘s robust disputes practice. Lawyers are based in Chicago unless otherwise stated.