Jonathan Heyl Bio

Jon is a member of the firm's litigation team in Charlotte and focuses his practice on commercial litigation. He has represented a number of large and mid-market corporate, banking, professional and insurance clients in state and federal courts and in administrative proceedings. His practice includes a range of matters involving antitrust litigation and counseling; contract, vendor, manufacturer-dealer, shareholder and other commercial disputes; financial services litigation; fiduciary litigation relating to trust administration; professional liability matters; and matters relating to the sports industry. He has served as first-chair counsel in jury cases tried to verdict, bench trials, administrative trials and arbitrations. Jon is also certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission as a mediator in North Carolina. Jon was a partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, which combined with Fox Rothschild in 2018. At Smith Moore Leatherwood, Jon served in several firm management capacities, including chair of the firmwide Compensation Committee for four years and as a member of the firm's Management Committee. Jon formerly served as President of the North Carolina Bar Association. He also previously served as chair of NCBA's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section (now the Antitrust and Complex Business Disputes Section), two years as chair of the Judicial Independence Committee as well as a three-year term on the NCBA Board of Governors. In 2019, Jon was appointed to the State Judicial Council by the North Carolina State Bar Council.