Jonathan Pollard is a trial lawyer and business litigation attorney based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida He focuses his practice on competition law. Jonathan has extensive experience litigating a wide-range of competition claims, including non-compete, trade secret and antitrust claims. He has tried both jury and bench trials to verdict and successfully prosecuted appeals in the Eleventh Circuit. He is licensed in Florida and all federal district courts in Florida.
In addition to litigating non-compete matters, Jonathan routinely advises both individuals and corporate entities on a broad range of related issues including employment contracts, employee poaching and raiding, separation agreements, hiring decisions, the purchase or sale of business interests and the execution of commercial leases.
Representative matters include:
► Defending a medical gas company against non-compete and breach of fiduciary duty claims in Moon v. Medical Technology Associates, Case No. 13-cv-02782 (MDFL)
► Defending a prominent wine & spirits sales executive in non-compete litigation against his former company in Southern Wine & Spirits v. Simpkins, 10-cv-21136 (SDFL)
► Defending media technology company and its principals against claims of misappropriation of trade secrets in American Registry v. Hanaw, 13-cv-00352 (MDFL)
►Prosecuting antitrust claims related to patent abuse on behalf of a consumer products company in Kimberly Clark v. First Quality, 09-CV-1685 (MDPA)
►Prosecuting Lanham Act claims for trademark infringement and false advertising against former employee and industry rival in Racing Sports Concepts v. Dickinson, Case No. 13 – 20428 (SDFL)
Prior to establishing his own practice, Jonathan spent three years at the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his J.D. from Georgetown.
Attorney @ Commercial litigation with a focus on competition law--- non-compete disputes, trade secrets and unfair competition. From April 2012 to Present (3 years 9 months) Attorney @ Complex commercial litigation with a focus on antitrust (both plaintiff and defense side) and securities fraud. From September 2009 to March 2012 (2 years 7 months) Summer Associate @ Researched and drafted legal analysis for complex commercial litigation. Work focused primarily on antitrust, RICO, and consumer class actions. From May 2008 to August 2008 (4 months) Summer Associate @ Conducted research and analysis primarily related to employment and labor law matters under the direction of Thomas Gies. From May 2007 to August 2007 (4 months) 10th Grade English Teacher @ From 2004 to 2005 (1 year) Research Fellow @ Undergraduate research fellow in the social sciences & humanaties. Research focused on education reform and charter school legislation. From August 2000 to June 2004 (3 years 11 months)
J.D., Law @ Georgetown University Law Center From 2006 to 2009 B.A., English, sociology, college scholar program @ Cornell University From 2000 to 2004 Jonathan Pollard is skilled in: Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Class Actions, Legal Writing, Competition Law, Employment Law, Securities Litigation, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets, Legal Research, Civil Litigation, Appeals, Arbitration, Non-compete Litigation, Antitrust Law
Websites:
http://www.pollardllc.com