Michael T. Brody is Co-Chair of Jenner & Block’s Class Action Practice.  Clients turn to him for help with class action matters related to a variety of issues, including securities, antitrust, torts, contract claims, consumer fraud, fiduciary duties, and other statutory and regulatory claims.  As a member of the Firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, he tries cases in state and federal courts and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.  Mr. Brody has represented policyholders in coverage disputes with insurance companies and in insurance regulatory proceedings, defended media and non-media clients in libel actions in federal and state court, defended financial institutions in challenges to their lending practices, and tried cases concerning failed business deals.

Mr. Brody is AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, and has been consistently recognized by the Leading Lawyers Network in the areas of Civil Appellate Law, Class Action/Mass Tort Defense and Commercial Litigation.  Before coming to Jenner & Block, Mr. Brody was a law clerk for the Honorable Antonin Scalia, then a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Brody has argued more than a dozen appeals in the Seventh Circuit, the Illinois Appellate Court, and the Illinois Supreme Court.  Mr. Brody is also a member of the Firm’s Media and First Amendment Practice and the Real Estate Finance Litigation and Workout Task Force.

In addition to his private practice, Mr. Brody teaches a seminar on class action practice at the University of Chicago Law School and has spoken and written extensively about class actions and other topics related to his practice areas.  He is currently Secretary of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, having previously served as a member of the Board of Governors and a Committee Chair, and he organizes and presents programs for training appellate and trial lawyers.