Jeremy Cole is a first-chair, trial lawyer with 25 years of experience. He represents clients in complex, high-stakes litigation in the United States and internationally.
Jeremy represents clients in contract disputes arising from license, collaboration, acquisition, and other commercial agreements across various industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, real estate, software, and transportation. In the last three years alone, Jeremy and Jones Day teams have taken several disputes to trial/final hearing and obtained decisive victories for clients in all of them, including the unanimous denial of a $315 million claim alleging a failure to use commercially reasonable efforts (CRE). Jeremy litigates cases in state and federal courts across the United States. He also has experience with various arbitration organizations, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
Jeremy also helped obtain a defense verdict in a Fortune 150 client's first products liability trial for a significant product, deterring future claims. He also coordinated the defense of a Fortune 150 client in more than a dozen state attorney general actions, asserting unfair and deceptive business practices. Jeremy also has led internal investigations for multinational clients.
Jeremy resides in Chicago and is active in the community. He serves on the board (and is the former president and chair) of Working In The Schools (WITS), a literacy-focused nonprofit organization that mentors children in Chicago Public Schools.
Experiencia
Publicaciones adicionales
- February 2016
Who Decides Whether an Arbitration Clause Permits Class Arbitration: Judge or Arbitrator? - February 2016
Who Decides Whether an Arbitration Clause Permits Class Arbitration: Judge or Arbitrator?, 32 Rev. Bank. & Fin. Servs. 21
- July 29, 2014
Defending Against New and Emerging Claims Relating to Credit, Debit, and Prepaid Cards and Bank Add-On Services and Products, ACI Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation Conference - January 30, 2014
Defending Against New and Emerging Claims Relating to Credit, Debit, and Prepaid Cards and Bank Add-On Services and Products, ACI Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation Conference - October 9, 2013
The New Normal of Consumer Finance Regulation and Compliance: Significant Trends for the Second Half of 2013 - June 11, 2013
CFPB Update: An Agency Begins to Find Its Regulatory Voice - June 6, 2013
Complex Arbitration Today, Jones Day University - February 12, 2013
CFPB Update: Enforcement Priorities and Best Practices Before an Evolving Bureau - June 7, 2012
Jones Day Chicago 2012 MCLE University
- University of Notre Dame (J.D. with honors 1999); Kalamazoo College (B.A. with honors 1996)
- Illinois, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Recipient: NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship
"Future Star" of Chicago litigation, Benchmark Litigation
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip P. Simon, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana