Jonathan Katz

Jonathan Katz is widely recognized as one of Connecticut's most effective civil litigators. He has been selected by his peers for membership in The Best Lawyers in America® in three categories: personal injury, professional malpractice and business litigation from 2013 to the present. He was named a Connecticut Super Lawyer® by Connecticut Magazine in Personal Injury-Medical Malpractice from 2006 to 2015. Jonathan focuses his practice in two areas: representing clients seriously injured by medical malpractice or in accidents; and business litigation, including the break-up of closely held corporations. He enjoys unusual cases and has spent a fair amount of time over the past decade litigating about a pharmaceutical, invented in Branford, Connecticut, which is now a widely used prescription medicine for treating lung cancer in the People’s Republic of China.

 Jonathan graduated from the University of Connecticut (B.A. 1975) and received his legal education at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts (J.D., 1979). Northeastern requires students to perform four quarters of full time cooperative legal work experience. Jonathan joined the predecessor firm, Jacobs, Jacobs & Grudberg, P.C. as a co-op student in March 1979. He became a member of that firm in 1987, its President in 2004 and is presently the managing partner of Jacobs & Dow, LLC.

 Jonathan has tried civil cases in the state courts and United States Tax Court, has tried many arbitrations and has argued appeals before the Connecticut Appellate Court and the Connecticut Supreme Court. He has also represented parties before local and state administrative agencies. He has served as an Attorney State Trial Referee and a Fact finder/Arbitrator for the Judicial District of New Haven. He has enjoyed a broad-based civil practice including securities litigation, securities arbitration, environmental litigation, and business dissolution matters. He was a member of the Connecticut Judicial Branch Civil Division Task Force from 1993 to 2004. Jonathan is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, where he has served on its medical malpractice committee and its strategic budget committee. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. Jonathan is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Connecticut, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Outside the office Jonathan has served as Chair of the Branford Clean Energy Task Force, and as a member of the Branford Conservation Commission. He also has served four terms (12 years) as a member of the Board of Directors of the Branford Land Trust.