Jeffrey F. Clement

Partner

Direct Phone:312-334-9503

Email:jclement@bcm-law.com

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Jeffrey F. Clement is a Partner in the firm’s Chicago office and the Chair of the Civil Litigation practice group.

Mr. Clement has litigated matters in state and federal courts across the country. His practice spans insurance defense, insurance coverage, subrogation and commercial transactional law. He has represented and defended businesses, individuals and insurance carriers in a wide range of exposures, including construction, premises, products liability and aviation. He has also handled declaratory judgment and bad faith litigation involving insurance coverage issues. Additionally, Mr. Clement represents pilots and aviation businesses in administrative enforcement matters before the National Transportation Safety Board and Department of Transportation.

Mr. Clement is a graduate of DePaul University with both a J.D. and M.B.A. under the J.D./M.B.A. joint-degree program.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois Bar, 2006
• Illinois Supreme Court
• Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Central District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Education

• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL, J.D. 2005 Staff, DePaul Business and Commercial Law Journal
• DePaul University, Kellstadt School of Business, Chicago, IL, M.B.A. 2005
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, B.S. 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Publications Chair - DRI Aviation Committee
• Member of Chicago Bar Association

Honors & Awards

• Super Lawyers, 2024
• Leading Lawyers, 2024

Publications

• “A Primer on Defense of Airports” - For The Defense, October 2019
• Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal, Vol. XXXV No. 4, Winter 2013-14, The Legal Consequences of Using Experimental Aircraft in Filming Production or Movie Making
• Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal, Vol. XXXII No. 3, Fall 2010, Banner Towers Have the Right-of-Way
• DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal, Volume 3, No. 3, Spring 2005: Lerohl v. Friends of Minnesota Sinfonia: An Out of Tune Definition of “Employee” Keeps Freelance Musicians from Being Covered by Title VII

Speaking Engagements

• Mechanics Liens in Illinois: Perfecting a Contractor's Remedies and Defenses, BCM Webinar, May 2021
• Defending Employers Liability (EL) Claims, Client Presentation, April 2021
• Opportunities in Aviation Law, Illinois Aviation Academy, February 2021
• Successful Subrogation, Client Presentation, July 2020
• A Newer and Kinder FAA?, Illinois Aviation Academy (October 2015)
• Ethical Conflicts under the Tripartite Relationship between the Insurer, the Insured and Retained Counsel, Aviation Law and Insurance Symposium (January 2015)
• FAA Enforcement Actions, Midwest Helicopter Association (2013)
• Co-speaker, FAA Enforcement Actions, John Marshall Law School, Aviation law course (February 2009)
• Use of FAA Enforcement Orders as Collateral Estoppel in Related Civil Litigation, Chicago Bar Association Aviation Committee (September 2012)