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Thomas
P.
Jirgal
Partner
Thomas Jirgal's national practice focuses on intellectual property, advertising, and general litigation matters. He has represented clients in the entertainment, communications, and financial services industries in cases involving copyright, trademark, trade secret, corporate espionage, false advertising, contract, fiduciary duty, defamation, invasion of privacy, employment, civil forfeiture, antitrust and unfair competition claims. Mr. Jirgal has represented clients in state and federal court, in private arbitration, and before the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division. He also counsels clients on advertising matters, including the substantiation needed for advertising claims; management, licensing, and protection of intellectual property rights; and adopting and implementing effective and lawfully compliant electronic records management programs.
Mr. Jirgal is a contributing author to the Advanced Media and Technology Law Blog.
Prior Work Experience
Prior to joining Loeb & Loeb LLP, Mr. Jirgal worked as counsel in the litigation department of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in California.
Representative Experience
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First-chaired a 5-day evidentiary hearing on competing false advertising claims that resulted in injunction against national advertising campaign by client’s competitor, and defeat of injunction sought by competitor.
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Identified and obtained a temporary restraining order against a former employee of a multinational advertising firm who was disrupting the firm’s business relationships through a covert and defamatory letter-writing campaign.
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Defended and successfully resolved $50 million lawsuit involving breach of fiduciary duty and contract claims brought by former employee and shareholder of closely-held corporation.
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Successfully prosecuted a breach of contract action involving an international video license agreement on behalf of a motion picture studio.
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Represented a private investment bank in litigating and favorably resolving a multimillion dollar lawsuit involving competing breach of contract claims.
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Developed and implemented a successful litigation strategy to recover a corporate jet seized through civil forfeiture procedures by Florida law enforcement officials.
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Successfully defended a national cable company’s Internet technology and speed claims in a challenge brought before the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division.
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Represented a major footwear and apparel maker in the successful resolution of a multi-million dollar breach of contract dispute with a celebrity spokesperson.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker, NAD and CARU Annual Conference 2011 (October 3-5, 2011)
- Speaker, ACI 24th National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law Conference, New York, New York (January 24-25, 2011)
- Speaker, Billboard Music & Advertising Conference, Chicago, Illinois (September 15-16, 2010)
- Speaker, ACI Advertising Law Conference, New York, New York (January 26-27, 2010)
Media Mentions
Distinctions
- Recommended “Top Lawyers in Illinois” in Advertising & Media Law and Arts, Entertainment & Sports Law, Leading Lawyers Network, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company (2012)
- Extern, Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
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University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1998, magna cum laude
Member, University of Illinois Law Review
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1992
California, 1999
Illinois, 2007
Law Clerk,
Honorable
Robert
Timlin,
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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