Jonathan W. Hugg

Jonathan Hugg is co-chair of the Financial Services Litigation Group. His practice concentrates on commercial and appellate litigation, with an emphasis on financial institution, real estate, regulatory enforcement, and municipal matters. He has 25 years of wide-ranging experience prosecuting, defending, and resolving contractual disputes and business torts across Pennsylvania and up and down the Northeast Corridor.

He regularly litigates matters of critical legal importance to financial institutions and lenders, including cases involving: commercial loan work-outs and lender liability, including to consumers; fraudulent transfers; privacy and bank secrecy; disputes arising under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), including lien priority disputes; fiduciary matters; bankruptcy trustees and adversary matters in bankruptcy court; loan participation agreements; and check fraud and warranties. He frequently counsels and represents companies and their directors, officers, and employees involved in pre-indictment investigations by federal and state authorities.

Mr. Hugg served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Appeals Unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted more than 130 matters, both as appellee and appellant, before the Pennsylvania Supreme and Superior Courts. He maintains an active appellate practice.

Mr. Hugg often publishes and speaks regarding business law issues, most recently regarding new fraudulent transfer legislation in Pennsylvania and the impact of “cryptocurrency” and emerging “blockchain” technologies.

Other Distinctions

•Noted in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for Business Litigation, 2014-2019

News & Publications

•Parallel Proceedings: The Pennsylvania Superior Court Adopts a Federal Court’s Framework for Analyzing Requests to Stay Civil Proceedings Pending Ongoing Criminal Prosecution
•COVID-19, Courts and Recovery Through Alternatives to Bankruptcy
•Handling Contractual Disputes Linked to COVID-19
•The Coronavirus and Its Potential Impact on Your Business Contracts
•For Young Lawyers - “Three Challenges Faced by Newly Hired Law School Graduates”
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Weighs in on Politics in the Office, Billable Hours Shortfall, and Family Leave”
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Weighs In on Losing Interest, Refusing Work, and Opposing Counsel Clashes”
•Schnader Lawyers Named to PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Weighs In on Partner Clashes, Networking and Gift-Giving Grievances”
•Jonathan Hugg Named Co-Chair of Financial Services Litigation Practice Group
•For Young Lawyers - “Panel Tackles Quality Work, Courtroom Experience and Drinking at Business Meals”
•“The Supreme Court is about to make civility among lawyers mandatory and not aspirational”
•For Young Lawyers - “First Up: Choosing a Mentor, Pitching New Business and a Little Coffee Talk”
•Jonathan Hugg Published “Four Takeaways From the ABA Institute’s Blockchain Conference”
•Many Schnader Lawyers Named to PA Super Lawyers
•What Pennsylvania Creditors Need to Know About the New Uniform Voidable Transactions Act
•Jonathan Hugg Assesses Changes in Pennsylvania’s Creditor-Debtor Laws
•Schnader Welcomes Partner Jonathan Hugg to Litigation Services Department

Community & Pro Bono

•Montgomery County Voter ID Working Group, Co-chair, 2012
•Election Day Voter Protection Coordinator, Montgomery County, 2007-12

Related Events

•Jonathan Hugg Lectured on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Law
•“Proposed Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) and Discrimination As An Ethical Violation”