Jeffrey A. Kaplan Jr. (Jeff)

Jeff Kaplan litigates high-stakes cases from their inception through appeal. He represents clients in state and federal courts throughout the country. Jeff draws on his trial experience to develop and execute complex case strategy, including across jurisdictions and with joint defense groups. He also has worked on merits and amicus briefs at every appellate level, including multiple U.S. circuit courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Jeff has represented a range of global clients in major investigations and litigation, including clients in the coatings, aerospace, performance chemicals, building products, and pharmaceuticals industries. He has managed critical factual development and discovery efforts, briefed and argued motions, taken and defended fact and expert witness depositions, worked with fact and expert witnesses to prepare testimony, mediated cases, and direct- and cross-examined fact and expert witnesses at trial.

Jeff's community involvement takes place at the international, national, state, and local levels. At the international level, he serves on the board of directors for the Center for Global Strategies, a nonprofit connecting leaders in emerging nations to the global economy. At the national level, he serves on the board of directors for Street Grace, a national nonprofit dedicated to eradicating child sex trafficking, and on the Federalist Society's Litigation Practice Group Executive Committee. At the state level, Jeff serves on Georgia's Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force. And at the local level, Jeff serves on the board of directors for the Atlanta Bar Association and as a Barrister in the Judge Clarence Cooper American Inn of Court.