Thomas P. Jirgal

Thomas Jirgal is a commercial litigator and trial attorney whose national practice focuses on intellectual property, advertising and general litigation matters. He co-chairs Loeb & Loeb's Advertising Disputes practice group.

Mr. Jirgal has nearly twenty years of experience representing clients in the entertainment, communications, food, and financial services industries in cases involving copyright, trademark, trade secret, corporate espionage, false advertising, contract, fiduciary duty, defamation, invasion of privacy, employment, civil forfeiture, antitrust and unfair competition claims. He regularly represents clients in state and federal court, in private arbitration and before the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division. He also counsels clients on advertising matters, including the substantiation needed for advertising claims, and the management, licensing and protection of intellectual property rights.

The advertising disputes in which Mr. Jirgal is involved often turn on cutting-edge technological issues, and the effective presentation of complex testing and statistical analysis. As an essential part of his practice, Mr. Jirgal also regularly oversees the design and critique of consumer perception surveys that can be dispositive in an advertising dispute involving implied claims.

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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation, 2) Advertising Disputes, 3) Entertainment and IP Litigation, 4) Consumer Action and Regulatory Defense, 5) Advertising and Promotions, 6) Advanced Media and Technology, 7) Music Industry and 8) Health and Wellness Marketing Compliance
Law School University of Illinois, College of Law ( J.D., 1998)
Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1992)
Bar Member / Association California State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association
Most recent firm Loeb & Loeb LLP
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