Jeffrey Yeager

Jeffrey A. Yeager

Partner

65 East State Street
Suite 2500
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Primary Practices

As a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Litigation, Construction, and Commercial Services and Restructuring Groups, Jeffrey A. Yeager provides clients involved in complex business and civil litigation with creative, practical advice and strategies for managing risk and resolving disputes.

Jeff has extensive experience litigating, arbitrating and mediating cases in the context of complex contract disputes, construction disputes, business torts, real estate transactions, business and asset sales, intellectual property, class actions, defamation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, collections, secured transactions, and government bidding and procurement. With over two decades of practice, Jeff brings a broad vision to problem-solving and identifying solutions that range from negotiating settlements, taking cases to judgment, or re-negotiating contracts to rebuild relationships.

Jeff is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio; the United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the District of Colorado; and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits.

Jeff maintains an AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest available ranking for legal ability and professional ethics.  Jeff has been recognized as a Top Lawyer by Columbus CEO Magazine and has been selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2021 to the present.

Professional History

  • Partner, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, 2007-present; Associate, 2004-06
  • Associate, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 1997-2004
  • Legal Extern forP the Honorable Justice Paul E. Pfeifer, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1996

Personal

Jeff  was born in Toledo, and now resides in the Columbus, Ohio area with his wife, Amber, son Devin, with his son Eric attending Montana State University. In his free time, Jeff enjoys reading, audio books and podcasts, and films and documentaries.

Credentials

Education
  • The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 1997
    • Honors & Activities: Ohio State Law Journal, Associate Editor; CALI Awards in Defamation, Consumer Law, Family Law, Interprofessional Care
  • Bowling Green State University, B.S., cum laude, 1993
Community Involvement

Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Member; Government Affairs Steering Committee, 2013-14; Small Business Council, 2011-14; Small Business Forum & Leader Awards, Speaker Bureau Committee, 2010-12; Awards Committee, 2011

 

Ohio Art League, Board of Trustees, 2013-15

 

Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Development Board, 2005-present

Awards & Distinctions

The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2021-24

 

AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell

 

Top Lawyer, Columbus CEO Magazine, 2016 – present

 

Rising Stars, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2006-07, 2009-10

Bar Admissions

State of Ohio, 1997

 

U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Ohio, Northern District of Ohio, E.D. Wisconsin and of Colorado

 

U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits

Memberships & Affiliations

Ohio State Bar Association, Advisory Committee on Diversity Initiatives, 2020-26

 

Columbus Bar Association, Member; Chair, Federal Court Committee, 2008-10

 

Ohio State Bar Association, Membership Service Advisory Committee, 2008-09; Future of the Legal Profession Advisory Committee, 2005-08

 

American Inns of Court, Franklin Inn, 2007-13