Jonathan Pollard is the founder of Pollard PLLC. He has significant experience litigating high stakes non-compete, trade secret, employment, partnership, defamation, and civil rights cases. He also serves as an expert witness in related matters. Pollard's current project involves running 100 plaintiff-side employment cases (i.e. discrimination etc) and proving his premise that such cases are typically undervalued assets. He is licensed in Florida, FL federal courts & the US Court of Appeals for the 11th and 3rd Circuits.Jonathan has appeared in or on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, Bloomberg, PBS News Hour, Inc. Magazine and more. He has taught CLE's to other attorneys. His articles have appeared in Law.com, Law360 and Litigation Commentary & Review. He has been honored by Super Lawyers. He has been honored for his volunteer work by the SDFL & the City of Lauderdale Lakes. Representative matters:- Vital Pharms. v. Alfieri, 23 F.4th 1282 (11th Cir. 2022) (vacating non-compete injunction and holding that movant (maker of Bang energy drink) failed to establish a legitimate business interest or irreparable harm)- ADJ 26, LLC v. Gigi, No. 21-CV-62104, 2021 WL 6134811 (S.D. Fla. 2021) (denying non-compete and trademark injunction arising out of a dispute over a $200+ million vape company) - Procaps v. Carlton Fields (Miami Dade 2018) (Plaintiff's expert witness in $15+ million legal malpractice case) - Sofia v. Fross, Case. No. 01-16-0002-6358 (AAA 2017) (awarding wrongfully expelled LLC member $1 million & declaratory judgment holding non-compete unenforceable) - Federated Nat. Holding v. Prygelski, 17-004342 (Broward 2017) (denying publicly traded company’s bid to enforce non-compete agreement against former CFO)- Lucky Cousins Trucking v. QCER, 223 F. Supp. 3d 1221 (M.D. Fla. 2016) (denying preliminary injunction in trucking industry non-compete dispute). - IDMWorks v. Pophaly, 192 F. Supp. 3d 1335 (S.D. Fla. 2016) (denying preliminary injunction in software non-compete dispute) - Evans v. Generic Solutions, 178 So. 3d 114 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) (vacating injunction in non-compete and trade secret dispute related to Tony Robbins' companies)- West v. LQ Mgmt., LLC, 156 F. Supp. 3d 1361 (S.D. Fla. 2015) (denying motion for summary judgment on 42 U.S.C. 1981 claim)- Moon v. Med. Tech. Assoc., 577 F. App'x 934 (11th Cir. 2014) (vacating injunction in non-compete dispute)Jonathan began his career at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. He earned his B.A. from Cornell and J.D. from Georgetown.He is a writer.
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