Experience

Loftus & Eisenberg, Ltd.
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Partner

  • Nov 2021 - Present


The Patterson Law Firm, LLC

• Member

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2021

  Jefferey Ogden Katz is a leading professional liability litigation lawyer and has handled numerous professional liability cases throughout the country. Mr. Katz and his firm regularly represent individuals, private and public corporations and law firms in litigation, trials and alternative dispute resolution involving professional liability and disciplinary issues. Mr. Katz is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Representative Matters- • Defended a nationally prominent doctor sued for wrongful death following a hair transplant procedure. Plaintiff submitted a $23 million economic loss report. However, I resolved the matter within the doctor’s $1 million insurance policy before depositions. • Settled at mediation claims involving failed patent prosecutions on behalf of a Wisconsin Company in excess of $10,000,000. • Obtained reversal on appeal of a TRO and injunction involving the disputed purchase of a condominium in Chicago for a prominent Chicago lawyer and against a Mexican billionaire in excess of $8,600,000. • Obtained defense verdict for uninsured lawyer following jury trial on legal malpractice claims involving alleged negligent pension advice. When the case was first filed in 2011, the Plaintiff demanded $5,100,000 to settle. Prior to trial, damages were limited to $78,000. • Brought in as trial counsel and settled after mediation a legal malpractice matter involving a 9/11 widow for an amount in excess of $3,000,000. • Obtained judgment in the amount of $2,550,377 for Scottie Pippen against Christian Laettner in action involving failed purchase of professional sports franchise. • Successful defense and dismissal of suit against a CPA accused of fraud, embezzlement and conversion by his former employer in excess of $2,000,000. After written discovery and depositions, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit. (Past results afford no guarantee of future success)



The Spellmire Law Firm

• Attorney

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2012

  Practice limited to the representation of plaintiffs in legal malpractice actions and attorneys in the defense of legal malpractice actions. Practice limited to the representation of plaintiffs in legal malpractice actions and attorneys in the defense of legal malpractice actions.