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Jeff Hammer is a partner in the Trial and Global Disputes Practice Group. Jeff is an experienced litigator and counselor who focuses on complex commercial litigation matters. He regularly represents clients in a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, financial services, real estate, consumer products, and insurance. Jeff represents clients at all stages of litigation in state and federal courts across the country, from pre-suit counseling through trial and appeals.
Jeff has significant experience in wide range of substantive areas, including disputes involving securities claims, business torts, M&A disputes, trade secret claims, consumer fraud, and contract disputes. He also represents clients in putative class and collective actions throughout the country.
Prior to law school, Jeff worked as a civil engineer designing bridges, highways, water systems, and other infrastructure projects.
J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Magna Cum Laude
B.A., Wheaton College, summa cum laude
B.S. Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, high honors
California
Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Law Clerk, Honorable Marc L. Goldman, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Member, ABA Securities Litigation Committee
July 24, 2023
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Jeffrey Hammer to its Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers List
Obtained a judgment in the Southern District of New York declaring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its enabling statute unconstitutional in their entirety.
Defending an international insurance company in multiple class, collective, and representative actions in federal and state courts throughout the United States, which allege that insurance sales agents were misclassified as independent contractors and were not paid for training.
Represented a group of former senior executives in a confidential arbitration against their former employer, which was found to have wrongfully withheld tens of millions of dollars owed to the executives in connection with their interests in hundreds of real estate partnerships.
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December 6, 2022
King & Spalding Secures Full Settlement of CFPB and NYAG Enforcement Proceedings for $1 Penalty
July 24, 2023
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Jeffrey Hammer to its Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers List
Obtained a judgment in the Southern District of New York declaring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its enabling statute unconstitutional in their entirety.
Defending an international insurance company in multiple class, collective, and representative actions in federal and state courts throughout the United States, which allege that insurance sales agents were misclassified as independent contractors and were not paid for training.
Represented a group of former senior executives in a confidential arbitration against their former employer, which was found to have wrongfully withheld tens of millions of dollars owed to the executives in connection with their interests in hundreds of real estate partnerships.
See more
December 6, 2022
King & Spalding Secures Full Settlement of CFPB and NYAG Enforcement Proceedings for $1 Penalty
July 24, 2023
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Jeffrey Hammer to its Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers List
J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Magna Cum Laude
B.A., Wheaton College, summa cum laude
B.S. Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, high honors
California
Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Law Clerk, Honorable Marc L. Goldman, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Member, ABA Securities Litigation Committee