Jon Patton
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Dallas, TX
Jon Patton is a partner at Tillotson Law and has been Jeff Tillotson’s right-hand man since 2014. Jon and Jeff met when Jon moved to Dallas as a young associate and joined the prominent boutique litigation firm Jeff had co-founded in the early 1990s. Right away, Jon helped Jeff pursue Lance Armstrong in a highly publicized arbitration that resulted in a $10 million award for their client. A lasting professional dynamic and friendship was born, and in 2016 Jon and Jeff founded Tillotson Law based on a shared vision of an elite boutique trial firm that could try any case for any client. Since then, they have carefully assembled a top-notch, specialized trial team passionate about trying and winning cases.
Jon has accelerated his career and developed his own clients by amassing an impressive array of experiences in a wide range of complex and high-stakes commercial and business disputes. He has extensive first chair trial and courtroom experience, and has earned the trust of clients on their most challenging problems. For example:
- Since joining Tillotson Law, Jon has first chaired two week-long jury trials to verdict and several high-stakes injunction hearings, as well as numerous dispositive motion and discovery hearings.
- Jeff and Jon represented SCA Promotions, Inc. in a lawsuit against Yahoo involving the 2014 NCAA Tournament “Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge” that led to a $5.5 million judgment for SCA. The case received significant media attention and had several high-profile depositions, including Warren Buffett and Yahoo!’s then-CEO Marissa Mayer.
- Jeff and Jon defended trade secret and non-compete claims brought against their client by a publicly traded locum tenens company that resulted in a complete walk-away the month before trial.
- Jon took the lead in representing a minority partner in a fiercely litigated skilled-nursing facility business partnership dispute that included an award of advancement of their client’s attorneys’ fees and affirmed by the Dallas Court of Appeals, eventually resulting in a confidential settlement for the client on the eve of trial.
Jon graduated from Vanderbilt Law School and received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt, summa cum laude with Honors.
- 50%Business Litigation
- 50%General Litigation
Trade Secret, Non-Compete Agreements, Litigation
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022
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About Jon Patton
First Admitted: 2012, Tennessee
Professional Webpage: https://www.tillotsonlaw.com/attorneys/jon-patton/
Honors/Awards
- Named Rising Star by Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Educational Background
- Vanderbilt, summa cum laude with Honors
Verdicts/Settlements
- SCA Promotions, Inc. v. Lance Armstrong -- Lead associate and second chair trial counsel with lead counsel Jeff Tillotson representing SCA Promotions in high-profile arbitration against Lance Armstrong that led to $10 million arbitration award. Shortly thereafter, the parties reached a settlement. http://www.wsj.com/articles/lance-armstrong-must-pay-10-million-to-sca-promotions-1424109980 , 2015
- Esposito Private Equity Group et al. v. JD West Home Corporation et al. -- Lead counsel representing Defendants in dispute between investors in series of real estate investments. Case settled within five months after suit filed for less than Defendants had offered pre-suit. , 2016
Last Updated: 5/15/2022