Jefferson Patten

Full Profile

Jefferson Patten has 20 years of experience counseling and litigating contract disputes on behalf of national and international insurance clients in state and federal courts across the country. He currently focuses on coverage matters associated with commercial general liability, directors’ and officers’ and other fiduciary disputes, as well as first-party claims in which he has successfully defended clients against property damage, ordinance and law, soft costs, revenue losses and contract penalty, and bad-faith and punitive claims.

Prior to completing his education, Jefferson spent four years in the United States Marine Corps with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and was honorably discharged as a non-commissioned officer.

Admissions

• Illinois
• Idaho
• US District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois 
• US District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
• US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• US Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Seventh Circuits

Education

• J.D., cum laude, John Marshall Law School, 2001. Recipient of Edith & Philip Baim and Dean’s scholarships. Staff Editor, Journal of Computer and Information Law.
• B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998