Commercial Law

Few trial lawyers in the country have as much complex litigation experience as Jeff Tillotson. Even fewer have as much trial experience in complex multiparty cases.

Jeffrey M. Tillotson Founder, Partner Tillotson Johnson & Patton

Tel: jtillotson@tillotsonlaw.com www.tillotsonlaw.com

Over the past decade, Jeff has acted as lead lawyer in over a dozen major multi-party cases, brought in courts in nine different states, for clients such as: the nation’s largest consumer finance company; its third largest bank; its second largest credit card issuer; and forty of the nation’s leading industrial concerns. These cases involved all possible aspects of complex litigation involving multiple parties, competing venues, extensive discovery, complex strategy and intense media scrutiny. The cases were profiled everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Nightline to CBS Evening News and People magazine.

Education:

● The University of Texas School of Law - Doctor of Law (J.D.), Litigation (1987)

● Georgetown University - B.S.F.S., Foreign Services (1984)

● The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Economics (1983)

Professional Associations and Offices:

● Parkland Memorial Hospital - Board of Trustees, as of May 2016

● American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) - Since 2016

● American Bar Association (ABA) - Since 1995

Awards and Recognition:

● Inducted as a Fellow in the College of American Trial Lawyers

● Benchmark’s 2022 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the Nation

● Chambers & Partners: Band 1 Ranked Litigation Attorney and “Leader in His Field” 2016 – present

● Lawdragon 500 top leading Litigators in America

● Benchmark’s 2021 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the Nation

● Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminate Award 2016 – present

● US News World Report Best Law Firms in Texas 2016 – present

● Benchmark Litigation: “Litigation Star” and “Leader in His Field” 2015

● Lawdragon: Leading Lawyers in America

● D Magazine: DFW Top 100 Lawyers 2003 – present

● Texas Monthly: Texas Super Lawyers

● Best Lawyers® In America 2016 – present

● D CEO: Top 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth

● D CEO: The Advocates — Litigators You Don’t Want to Face in Court

● National Law Journal: “Defense Win of the Year” and “Defense Win of the Month”

● Texas Lawyer: 40 Outstanding Texas Lawyers Under 40