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Jonathan Fodi

Jonathan P. Fodi

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  • Email: jfodi@leechtishman.com
  • Phone: 412.261.1600
  • Office: Pittsburgh
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Jonathan P. Fodi is an experienced litigator who handles complex civil disputes and investigations. He represents businesses, property owners, professionals, executives, and individuals in high-stakes matters, with particular experience in white collar investigations and real estate disputes.

Jonathan’s civil litigation practice includes commercial and business disputes, real estate and landlord-tenant matters, administrative proceedings and appeals, employment-related disputes, and matters involving significant financial, operational, or reputational concerns. He represents clients in state and federal courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration and mediation.

In his real estate and landlord-tenant practice, Jonathan represents commercial and residential property owners, landlords, developers, and property managers in disputes involving the ownership, leasing, and management of real property. His experience includes lease disputes and enforcement, tenant defaults and evictions, possession and ejectment proceedings, property tax assessment appeals, and other real estate-related litigation. He works closely with members of Leech Tishman’s Real Estate Practice Group to help clients resolve disputes before litigation and address recurring tenant and property-management issues.

Jonathan also represents corporations and individuals in governmental and regulatory investigations and conducts internal investigations involving employee misconduct, compliance concerns, and other sensitive matters. He regularly assists clients responding to subpoenas, civil investigative demands, regulatory inquiries, and enforcement actions, and represents professionals in administrative licensing and disciplinary proceedings.

more than a decade as a state prosecutor and Special Assistant United States Attorney, where he handled some of Western Pennsylvania’s most complex and high-profile investigations and trials. His experience included multimillion-dollar fraud investigations, public corruption matters, complex grand jury investigations, and homicide prosecutions. Jonathan tried to verdict the prosecution of a police officer charged with murder, led a grand jury inquiry into the investigatory practices of a metropolitan police department and its labor union, and was part of the prosecution team that convicted a sitting Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice for misappropriation of state resources.

That experience continues to shape his approach to civil litigation and investigations. Having spent years building and trying cases, Jonathan focuses on identifying the facts and legal issues most likely to drive the outcome of a dispute and developing a strategy around them early in the case.

Jonathan’s background also gives him substantial experience in matters where civil, regulatory, and criminal issues intersect. His clients have included medical professionals and practices, energy and construction companies, real estate owners and developers, national corporations and executives, nonprofits, private clubs and associations, governmental entities, and public employees.

Jonathan regularly assists clients with a broad range of issues, including:

  • Commercial and business litigation, including contract and ownership disputes
  • Real estate litigation involving property ownership, possession, leasing, and use
  • Commercial and residential landlord-tenant matters, including lease enforcement, tenant defaults, evictions, ejectment, and possession proceedings
  • Property tax assessment appeals
  • Administrative proceedings and appeals
  • Mediation and arbitration of business, real estate, and other civil disputes
  • Injunctions and other emergency equitable proceedings
  • Employment-related disputes and workplace investigations
  • Internal corporate investigations involving employee misconduct, compliance concerns, and other sensitive matters
  • Government investigations, enforcement actions, subpoenas, civil investigative demands, and regulatory inquiries
  • White-collar criminal defense and representation of corporations, executives, professionals, and witnesses in state and federal investigations
  • Negotiation of settlements and other resolutions of complex disputes

Recent Representative Experience

  • Resolved Attorney General Consumer Protection investigation with no adverse action against corporate client specializing in online and international retail
  • Achieved full withdrawal of criminal charges alleging nearly half-million-dollar theft from estate through pretrial litigation
  • Representations of multiple physicians and medical practitioners in state and federal prosecutions for alleged criminal violations related to patient care and controlled substance administration
  • Represented witnesses employed by national energy company throughout grand jury investigation of suspected environmental protection violations
  • In federal investigation of governmental municipal authority, cleared senior manager of suspected involvement in or knowledge of alleged environmental regulations violations
  • Represented non-profit and for-profit real estate development companies under federal investigation for alleged bid rigging and kickback schemes involving government funding
  • Representation of various companies and executives under investigation for violations of False Claims Act, PPP loan fraud, EIDL loan fraud, and Wire Fraud
  • Multiple representations of corporations and executives in medical and lab industries through federal civil and criminal investigations alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA)
  • Successful representations of various medical professionals facing administrative licensing actions, all without suspension or other adverse action

Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law
B.A. in Journalism, The Pennsylvania State University

Flannery Georgalis, LLC
Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office

Allegheny County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Vice President)

“Do No (Intentional) Harm: How A Pill Mill and The Supreme Court May Help Curb The Opioid Crisis,” For the Defense, a publication of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2022)
“Officer’s Use of Force Must Be Objectively Reasonable,” ACBA Lawyers Journal (2021)
“Obstructing Justice by Testifying at Trial: Perjury for the Basis of a Federal Sentencing Enforcement,” For the Defense, a publication of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2020)

“Use of Force: A Defense Perspective on the Use of Force by Law Enforcement,” Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Joint Annual Conference (2021)

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March 27, 2024 | Firm News

Leech Tishman Raises $1,785 in Support of the American Lung Association’s ‘Fight For Air Climb’

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New Partners and Management Committee

January 2, 2024 | Firm News

Firm Elects Jonathan P. Fodi, Alexander J. Gase, Alysia L. Libby, and Clement Yee as New Partners; 2024-2025 Management Committee Announced

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PACDL

September 6, 2022 | Press

Leech Tishman Counsel Jonathan P. Fodi Published in For The Defense

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Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

June 10, 2022 | Firm News

Leech Tishman Joins Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership as a Downtown Champion Member

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Jonathan P. Fodi

May 3, 2022 | Firm News

Leech Tishman Welcomes Jonathan P. Fodi

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