Heyl, Jonathan

Jon Heyl has a civil litigation practice, with a focus on commercial matters.  He has participated in the representation of a number of large banking, professional, insurance, and corporate clients in state and federal court in North Carolina and other jurisdictions.  His practice has included a range of matters involving legal malpractice, commercial disputes, fiduciary litigation, administrative hearings relating to motor vehicle franchising disputes, financial services litigation, and large-scale antitrust litigation.  His experience also includes tort litigation, in which he has served as first-chair trial counsel in cases tried to jury verdicts.

• Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Law Review, 1997-1998
• Order of the Coif, University of North Carolina

• Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), Antitrust Law, 2010-2011
• Business North Carolina's Legal Elite, Antitrust, 2009-2011

• Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association, 2010-2011
• Co-Chair, State-wide 4ALL Task Force Campaign, North Carolina Bar Association, 2009-2010
• Chair, Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section, North Carolina Bar Association, 2008-2009
  • Council Officer, 2003-2009
• Chair, Membership Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 2007-2008
• Joint Diversity Task Force, North Carolina Bar Association, 2007-2008
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• American Bar Association, Antitrust Division
• Defense Research Institute
• Mecklenburg Bar Association

• Hapgood v. US Airways, Inc., defense of putative class action involving claims of unfair and deceptive trade practices
• Bank of America v. McCracken, et al., fiduciary litigation involving administration of trust
• New Baltimore Garage, Inc. v. Navistar, Inc., motor vehicle manufacturer-dealer dispute
• Triad Medical Group Inc. v. Wachovia, financial services litigation relating to interest rate swap derivatives
• Bank of America Corp., et al. v. Swiss Re International SE, commercial insurance dispute involving coverage for WorldCom, Inc. and Enron Corp. class action settlements
• DeLoach, et al. v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., antitrust class action brought by hundreds of thousands of tobacco growers and quota holders relating to federal tobacco program and auction system
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. v. Philip Morris Inc., antitrust action involving retail merchandising incentive program
• Piedmont Institute of Pain Mgmt., et al. v. Staton Fdn., et al., professional malpractice action involving establishment of charitable trusts
• Stewart v. Larco Constr. Co., et al., tort litigation tried to jury verdict
• Giurintano v. Williams, tort litigation tried to jury verdict
• Huszar v. Shore, tort litigation tried to jury verdict

• "Breach of Contract Claims Under Chapter 75" – Antitrust News, March 2005
• "Brown v. Pro Football, Inc.:  Pulling a Tarp of Antitrust Immunity over the Entire Playing Field and Leaving the Game," 75 N.C. L. Rev. 1030 (1997)
• "Bedrick v. Travelers Ins. Co.:  The Fourth Circuit's Continued Attempt to Work with the 'Doctrinal Hash' of the Standard of Review in ERISA Benefit-Denial Cases," 75 N.C. L. Rev. 2382 (1997)