With more than 12 years of practice, Jeff is an experienced litigator who helps companies of all sizes navigate business and commercial issues by bringing a practical, problem-solving mindset to every matter. Jeff balances aggressive, zealous advocacy with a focus on efficiently achieving client goals in order to resolve: complex business disputes and class actions; consumer disputes; intellectual property litigation; and issues pertaining to contract drafting, negotiation, and interpretation. As a civil litigator, Jeff regularly works with clients in the technology sector, and has significant experience navigating the pre-trial process, especially with issues pertaining to federal court jurisdiction, evidentiary issues, and third-party subpoena practice. As a former assistant district attorney at the District Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia (through the firm’s year-long secondment program), Jeff tried numerous criminal bench trials to verdict and handled dozens of evidentiary hearings.
Jeff has significant experience representing interactive computer service providers, including domain name registrars, website hosting providers, and providers of email services. He focuses on matters those entities regularly face, including business disputes, customer suits, matters concerning terms of service agreements, class actions, domain name conflicts, intellectual property disputes, and appeals (including an en banc argument before the Eleventh Circuit). Jeff also handles compliance and litigation concerning, among other matters, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and website accessibility claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Jeff litigates in state and federal courts across the country and is admitted in four states and 14 federal courts, which enables him to serve clients in a broad number of locations and industries.
Jeff is recognized as a leading mentor, and was named a finalist for Best Law Firm Mentor by The Legal Intelligencer for its 2025 Pennsylvania Legal Awards. Jeff regularly works with several formal and informal mentees, served as a writing mentor in the firm’s summer associate program for a number of years, and maintains an open-door policy for colleagues to discuss cases, issues, or matters pertaining to professional development. Jeff also formerly served as a coach of the Haverford College Mock Trial program for more than five years.
Outside of his legal practice, Jeff actively engages in pro bono and community work. In addition to working on multiple prisoner civil rights cases, he successfully helped an individual who was unconstitutionally sentenced to life without parole as a minor get resentenced and released from confinement. More recently, Jeff has collaborated with the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund and other organizations to assist individuals in changing their names to reflect their gender identities.
Jeff graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, and earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in psychology from Haverford College, where he was co-captain of the varsity tennis team and a member of the varsity squash team.