“I am an attorney with approximately twenty years of litigation experience. I have handled over a thousand cases and have successfully taken many to trial. A few weeks ago, I received a letter from my internet services provider indicating that Malibu Media had filed an action in Federal Court alleging that someone using my IP address had downloaded and distributed copies of copyrighted pornographic movies.
My internet services provider further advised me that Malibu Media issued a subpoena seeking to discover my identity so that it could personally name me in the already pending lawsuit.”
This client’s decision to anonymously settle with Malibu Media
“As you can imagine, the disclosure of my identity would not only cause an enormous amount of personal embarrassment, but would undoubtedly cause serious harm to my professional reputation as the Complaint filed by Malibu Media is a publicly filed document which any person, employer, adversary or potential client could view. After interviewing numerous attorneys, I chose Jeff Antonelli to be my counsel because he was by far the most knowledgeable, practical, experienced and responsive attorney with whom I had spoken.
From the inception of our attorney-client relationship, Jeff returned each of my telephone calls and responded to each of my emails within hours – a practice uncommon for most attorneys. Within a matter of weeks, Jeff negotiated an anonymous settlement at approximately 50% of the amount originally demanded by Malibu Media.
As a result of his aggressive but practical approach, I was able to quickly settle the case and move on with my life without the embarrassment and expense of protracted litigation.
Significantly, Jeff’s extremely affordable flat fee structure provided me with cost certainty, which is a critical component of any litigation dispute. If you have the unfortunate experience of being accused of violating copyright laws or being named as a defendant in a lawsuit, I cannot recommend Jeff and his team more highly – and this comes from a seasoned litigation professional who knows the difference between a quality lawyer and someone who is not.”
-Recent Antonelli Law Malibu Media Client
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JAntonelli
Jeffrey Antonelli is a member of the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois and is admitted to numerous federal courts around the country. He has been a civil litigator nearly 25 years in a broad range of actions representing corporations and individuals as plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court.
Jeffrey has been interviewed by the media many times, including Bloomberg BNA, NBC, The New York Times, Chicago Lawyer, Chicago Tribune, and the longstanding lawyer’s publication Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
Prior to forming Antonelli Law Ltd. in 2007 Jeffrey worked for several litigation boutiques in Chicago’s Loop as well as a full service firm. His litigation experience includes hotly contested issues in intellectual property, business, insurance, and consumer fraud. He is an adviser to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Advisory Council for Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), and was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Education Law Section Council from 2012-2013. Jeffrey is especially proud of his work representing hundreds of students defrauded by improperly accredited educational institutions, including as certified class counsel.
Before attending law school, Jeffrey was interested first in business, and then in biomedical ethics. These interests led him to graduate from the nation’s largest philosophy department at Loyola University in Chicago, where some of his favorite (and most challenging) subjects were cognitive science and philosophy of science. During college he held positions at the University of Chicago’s Ben May Institute; as a medical assistant for a University of Chicago foot and ankle surgeon; and volunteered in the emergency room at the University of Chicago Hospitals. These experiences led to studying health law at the DePaul College of Law where Jeffrey earned his law degree and a certificate in health law. At that time DePaul’s Institute for Health Law was consistently ranked in the top 10 health law specialty programs nationwide.
During law school Jeffrey immersed himself in studying the practical and public policy aspects of health care through internships at the American Medical Association in Chicago, and on Capitol Hill at the Governmental Relations Office of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, DC.
Jeffrey has concentrated in civil litigation throughout his legal career, and is a member of the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois, the Central District of Illinois federal court, and all federal courts of Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. In addition, he is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.
Jeffrey prides himself on his strong personal ideals, passionate, ethical advocacy, and working hard to bring the best possible results for his clients. He also maintains a special interest in cases involving fraud. Whether due to good parenting, his family’s law enforcement employment, undergraduate studies in philosophy including ethics, or a fortuitous outcome of good breeding, one essence of Jeffrey’s character is a drive to root out the truth behind fraudulent practices.