Jonathan Breit is a Stakeholder at Eimer Stahl. He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he served as Editor of the Stanford Law Review. After law school, Jonathan clerked for the Honorable Edith Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, researching and drafting memoranda on complex appellate issues, including administrative law, constitutional law, bankruptcy, and copyright. He also externed for the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Prior to attending law school, Jonathan worked as a composer and collaborative pianist.
Experience
Case Experience
Girard Street Investment Holdings LLC v. PDV Holding, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) - Obtained summary judgment for subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, where plaintiffs sought to hold the subsidiary liable on the theory that it was an alter ego of its parent.
Hohenshelt v. Superior Court (Cal. Supreme Court) - Filed amicus brief on behalf of the Manhattan Institute arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California law that disfavors arbitration by requiring the party that drafted the arbitration agreement to pay all arbitration fees within 30 days after the due date, with no exceptions or tolling.
Bonkowski v. Walmart (C.D. Cal.) - Obtained order compelling arbitration for world’s largest retailer in putative class action under the California Invasion of Privacy Act and Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
Humana Inc. v. Biogen, Inc. (Ky. Circuit Court) - Represented insurance company in insurance fraud suit.
Renderos v. Clearview AI, Inc. (Cal. Super. Ct. and Cal. Ct. App.) - Defended world’s leading facial recognition technology company in action alleging violations of individual privacy rights under California law.
Boaden v. Continental Casualty Co. (N.D. Ill.) - Defended long-term care insurer against breach of contract and fraud claims.
Consumer Entertainment Mass Arbitration (AAA, JAMS) - Defended game developer in mass arbitration.
Atterbury v. SoundHound, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended voice AI company in putative class action alleging violations of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
In re Amazon.com, Inc. (9th Cir.) - Filed amicus brief on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urging the Court to clarify that inadvertent production of privileged documents does not result in waiver of the attorney-client privilege when the producing party has a reasonable process for reviewing privileged documents and promptly acts to claw back the privileged document once it becomes aware of the disclosure.