Lawlor

While the case theory sets discovery parameters, often the reverse is also true. Until you dig in, you don’t know exactly what your case is about. There may be something beneficial you didn’t know that you can use—or, alternately, something adverse you weren’t expecting and now must adjust to. This process plays to my strengths in organization and analysis.

Overview

Jonathan Lawlor  is an experienced litigation attorney, concentrating on securities and antitrust, as well as select mergers & acquisitions, mass torts and product liability matters and related eDiscovery.

For securities cases—which are mostly class actions involving fraud or misleading statements brought on behalf of pension funds or other large groups of investors—Jonathan reviews, categorizes and redacts documents, and conducts deposition preparation, in search of information to support the team’s arguments. He is additionally often called upon to conduct legal research and prepare spreadsheets and other exhibits for court filings in antitrust matters.

In complex litigation, discovery demands patience, stamina, tech savviness and an unwavering focus, especially with material that is full of financial terminology or is otherwise highly technical in nature. Jonathan has developed a keen ability to efficiently ‘hone in on’ a document’s essential elements. He understands that a good initial review protocol can make or break the review process, but also that a good reviewer should also be capable of building upon the initial parameters they have been given.

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

Robert F. Kennedy

Areas of Focus

Outside the Office

Jonathan is presently councilmember-elect for the Borough of Chester Heights in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He is involved in his community in other ways as well, such as participating in annual road-cleanup and recycling drives. He also enjoys reading and listening to music and is learning Spanish using Duolingo.

Credentials

Education

  • Widener University School of Law (JD, 2014)
  • Gettysburg College (BA, 2010)

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania