Jeffery M. Heftman
Associate
email: j.heftman@gozdel.com

Jeffery M. Heftman joined the firm in 2009 after practicing for seven years at Vedder Price, P.C. Jeff focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including contract disputes, misappropriation of confidential information and trade secrets, and other business tort matters in both state and federal court, and at the trial and appellate levels. Jeff has experience representing financial institutions against individual and consumer class actions involving claims under the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and various state consumer protection statutes. Jeff has successfully defended and prosecuted claims for securities violations, fraudulent misrepresentation, and has extensive experience concerning franchise and distributorship disputes. Jeff has also litigated numerous intellectual property matters, including alleged trade secrets misappropriation, antitrust and trade regulation, and trademark and trade dress infringement, and has defended and prosecuted cases involving the enforcement of employee restrictive covenants at all trial and appellate levels.

In addition to his practice before state and federal courts, Jeff has also appeared in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Jeff was selected in 2011 as one of Illinois’ “Rising Stars” for civil litigation defense based on a peer survey conducted by Super Lawyers publication (representing top 2.5% of all Illinois lawyers 40 and under).

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B.A. (Political Science), with high honors, University of Illinois, 1997

J.D., cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law, 2002 — Articles Editor on the University of Illinois Law Review

Illinois Supreme Court, 2002

U.S. District Court, Northern
District of Illinois, 2002

Member of U.S. District Court Trial Bar 2005