Jack J. Carriglio

Member

Jack Carriglio represents clients in commercial disputes, including the prosecution and defense of cases relating to contracts, business torts, bankruptcy, securities, product defects, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, partnership disputes, malpractice and professional disciplinary matters, and real estate litigation. He also has substantial experience handling class action litigation in a variety of contexts, including consumer protection. In addition, Jack has a substantial practice in representing corporations and individuals at the federal grand jury, trial, and appellate courts in various criminal matters including RICO, tax, and antitrust.

Jack has earned a reputation as one of the premier trial lawyers in Chicago in both commercial litigation and federal criminal cases, and he has tried cases and argued appeals in federal and state civil and criminal courts throughout the United States. He is the former president of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. During the course of his distinguished career, Jack has litigated before almost every federal judge in and around Chicago, and is familiar both with their courtroom procedures and their approaches to various types of cases.

Clients have included public corporations as well as mid-size and small companies involving a broad range of industries including technology, manufacturing, real estate, and service-based businesses. Before joining Cozen O’Connor, Jack practiced law and tried cases with Thomas Foran, a former U.S. Attorney.

Jack earned his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating cum laude, and was a member of the Law Review. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois.

Experience

News

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys in its Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition

August 15, 2024

Best Lawyers selected 242 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 19 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

March 05, 2024

Ira Bodenstein, Jack Carriglio, Janet Davis, John Dunn, Mitch Edlund, Wendy Enerson, Gary Gassman, Tia Ghattas, Jeremy Glenn, Erin Bolan Hines, Mark Rabinowitz, Peter Roberts, Brian Shaw, Joseph Tilson, Julie Trester, Peter Valeta, Anna Wermuth, and Brian Williams were recognized as Leading Lawyers, Christina Sanfelippo was recognized as an Emerging Lawyer.

Eleven Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers

January 29, 2024

The Cozen O’Connor attorneys who have been recognized by their peers in Illinois as Super Lawyers are Jack Carriglio, Janet Davis, Jeremy Glenn, Allen Guon, Peter Roberts, Brian Shaw, Joe Tilson, and Anna Wermuth. Amy Doig, David Doyle, and Corey Hickman were named to this year’s Illinois Rising Stars list. This is Hickman’s first year on the Rising Stars list.

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys to its Best Lawyers in America 2024 Edition

August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers selected 232 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Eleven Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers

January 26, 2023

Super Lawyers has named 11 attorneys at Cozen O’Connor to its 2023 lists of top practitioners in Illinois.

More Than 200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

August 22, 2022

210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 23 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

March 02, 2022

The Leading Lawyers Network has named 22 Cozen O’Connor lawyers to its annual list of Illinois’ top practitioners and named one other as an Emerging Lawyer in its 2022 survey results.

Eleven Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers

January 28, 2022

Nine were recognized as Super Lawyers and two were named to its list of "Rising Stars," a list that recognizes attorneys under the age of 40.

Jack Carriglio Appointed to the Judiciary Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers

October 28, 2021

Jack Carriglio, member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, has been appointed to the Judiciary Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Eleven Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers

January 29, 2021

Super Lawyers has named eleven attorneys at Cozen O’Connor to its 2021 lists of top practitioners in Illinois.

Leading Lawyers Network Recognizes 26 Cozen O’Connor Lawyers as Top Illinois Practitioners

January 26, 2021

The Leading Lawyers Network has named 24 Cozen O’Connor lawyers to its annual list of Illinois’ top practitioners and named two others as Emerging Lawyers in its 2021 survey results.

200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 200 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Six Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers

January 29, 2020

Super Lawyers has recognized six Cozen O'Connor attorneys to its 2020 lists of top practitioners in Illinois, including Joe Tilson who was again named one of the "Top 100" Illinois Super Lawyers.

Publications

A Taxonomy of Tracing Rules: One Size Does Not Fit All [American Bankruptcy Institute]

September 11, 2018

Jack Carriglio, a member in the firm's Commercial Litigation Department, co-authored "A Taxonomy of Tracing Rules: One Size Does Not Fit All" for the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Education

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A.

Awards & Honors

Best Lawyers in America 2013-2025

Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers

Illinois Super Lawyers 2005-2024

Leading Lawyers Network, “Top Illinois Practitioner” 

  • Illinois
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court -- Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court -- Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
  • Federal Bar Association, Chicago Chapter-President (2004-2005); Current Member of Board of Presidents
  • Member of Seventh Circuit Bar Association's Jury Study Project 
  • Judiciary Committee, American College of Trial Lawyers