Jonathon D. Drews

Jonathon Drews concentrates his practice in securities litigation, securities regulation, insurance defense, and commercial litigation at GRSM. Jonathon is an experienced litigator and trial counsel. 

He draws upon that experience to counsel financial services firms and their employees in enforcement and individual actions, class and mass action litigation and arbitrations before the securities industry’s self-regulatory organizations and in federal courts across the country. In representing financial services firms and their employees, Jonathon has tried numerous cases across the country and has defended hundreds of customer claims and regulatory investigations before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), FINRA, AAA, other arbitral forums, and in federal courts across the country.

Jonathon has represented publicly traded companies in financial services litigation and regulation, employment law, and serviced transactional needs. He has significant experience in financial services litigation representing national and regional banks, brokerage firms and registered representatives. Jonathon also focuses his practice upon insurance defense litigation representing insurers in various litigation fronts across the country.

Admissions

• Illinois

Memberships

• South Asian Bar Association of Chicago

• Securities Litigation: Mr. Drews regularly defends brokerage firms, clearing firms and associated persons in both enforcement and individual actions, class action and mass action litigation in state and federal courts and in arbitrations before the securities industry’s self-regulatory organizations. In representing financial services firms, Mr. Drews has successfully defended numerous regulatory investigations and customer claims before the SEC, FINRA, JAMS, AAA and ADR.  Mr. Drews' practice includes virtually all types of claims involving a myriad of financial services and products. Mr. Drews' regulatory experience includes investigations and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and FINRA. He has advised and successfully defended numerous individuals and entities, as subpoena recipients, subjects/targets of SEC and FINRA enforcement inquiries, as well as full blown litigation with governmental regulatory authorities.
• Banking & Finance: Mr. Drews represents the firm’s banking clients in various types of consumer-based litigation, including mortgage banking, consumer protection, privacy, unfair business practices, and debt collection. His practice includes representations in a wide variety of matters including claims concerning predatory lending, deceptive practices, statutory consumer lending violations, wrongful foreclosure and fraud claims, claims involving promised or failed loan modifications, RESPA, TILA, FDCPA, state consumer protection laws, eminent domain issues, and lien priority disputes.
• General and Commercial Litigation: Mr. Drews has handled defense of litigation and compliance consulting in virtually every practice space, including employment, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and general commercial litigation. HIs experience spans state and federal courts across the country, and he has serviced smaller and Fortune 50, 100, and 500 clients alike.
   

Education

J.D., University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

B.A., English, University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign