Jonathan Flaum
Jonathan Flaum co-leads Business Development for the firm.
He uses his experience as a litigator to advise clients in identifying and selecting the right experts relevant to a particular matter. Before joining BRG, Mr. Flaum worked as a director of Business Development at both LECG and Navigant Consulting. Before that, he practiced law for over ten years at major law firms in Chicago, as well as for the City of Chicago.
In his law practice, Mr. Flaum represented both corporate and individual clients in litigation matters related to patent infringement, antitrust, breach of contract, and criminal investigations. He has both federal and state court trial experience with several jury cases tried to verdict, most as first chair.
Employment History
LECG
Director
2006 – 2010
Navigant Consulting
Director
2003 – 2005
Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg LLP
Of counsel
2001 – 2003
Freed Weiss & Flaum
Name partner
1999 – 2000
Ross & Hardies LLP
Associate
1998 – 1999
Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago
Assistant corporation counsel
1996 – 1998
McDermott Will & Emery
Associate
1993 – 1996
Office of The Governor, State of Illinois
Human Services associate
1987 – 1990
Education
Northwestern University
JD, 1993
Georgetown University
BA, Philosophy, 1987
King’s College University of London
Distinguished Student, Department of Philosophy, 1986
Credentials
Chicago Inn of Court
Barrister
Professional Affiliations
Illinois Bar
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
Case Work
- Defense of Holcim Inc., the largest cement producer in the United States, in a contract dispute
- Defense of the City of Chicago in wrongful death cases involving the Chicago Police and Fire departments
- Representation of Commonwealth Edison Company in alleged breach of contract case relating to the Illinois “Retail Rate Law”
- Prosecution of a tortious interference lawsuit on behalf of Praxair, a leading supplier of industrial gases
- Representation of QSP, a subsidiary of Readers Digest, in a nationwide antitrust class action
- Defense of a client in a criminal pro bono matter in federal court as a participant in the Federal Defender Program