As a founding partner of Internet Law Group, Jon has been at the forefront of the Internet community’s legal battle against online fraud. Over the past ten years, Jon has obtained nearly $40 million in judgments against spammers on behalf of some of the largest ISPs in the United States, collecting millions of dollars from spammers on behalf of his clients, and helping shape the law against online fraud.

Jon is a frequent speaker at anti-spam conferences and is also a member of the Program Committee for the Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS) (http://www.ceas.cc). 

In addition to his private practice, Jon also has substantial government service.  He served from 1994 to 1996 as the first Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, where he managed oversight investigations into 26 executive departments and agencies.  Prior to entering private practice, Jon served as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge John D. Tinder, in the Southern District of Indiana, and for Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard of the Indiana Supreme Court.  Prior to law school, Jon also served as a Governor's Fellow to Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr.

Jon received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1989.  At Yale, Jon was elected to the Yale Law Journal, and awarded Yale's moot court Potter Stewart Prize.  Jon earned his B.A. in political science from Northwestern University in 1986, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.