Jonathan D. Sasser

Ellis & Winters LLP

Although Jon Sasser grew up on a Union County farm, he cut his teeth litigating cases for a prestigious Park Avenue law firm. Jon primarily represents businesses involved in complex corporate disputes. His clients include Fortune 500 companies spanning a wide range of industries, including chemistry, petroleum, banking, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, securities, and media. Jon has also taken the reins of cases involving individuals and charitable organizations facing unique legal challenges. He has represented an NFL head coach, death row inmates, high school journalists, public officials, hip-hop musicians, the ACLU, PETA, and the Police Benevolent Association, among others.

Over the course of his long career in North Carolina, Jon has developed a reputation as a tenacious advocate. In 2015, he was honored as North Carolina’s foremost business litigator by Business North Carolina magazine and was selected as Raleigh “Lawyer of the Year” for bet-the-company litigation (2016), securities litigation (2012), and intellectual property litigation (2019). He has also been voted by his peers as one of Super Lawyers’ top ten attorneys in North Carolina seven times.

Jon takes on the most interesting, challenging, and sometimes bizarre cases. He believes that everyone is entitled to their day in court and to the services of a lawyer who will fight relentlessly on their behalf. Given his unique and occasionally sensational cases, Jon’s cases have often been covered by the media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times of London, The ABA Journal, The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, and other media outlets.

Jon’s balanced personality is well-suited for handling disputes that affect clients with a diverse range of interests, and his deep commitment to clients ensures that their interests are represented at every stage of the litigation process. Whether Jon is running, biking, or swimming, he’s likely ruminating on what can be done to further a client’s interests and secure a favorable result.

Jon is an endurance athlete whose competitive nature drives him every day. He has summited the Grand Teton, Mt. Whitney, and Mt. Baker, and completed Ironman Florida, Ironman Arizona, and the Boston Marathon. An eight-time member of Team USA, he has in age group competitions won state championships in track and swimming, placed nationally third (backstroke), and fifth (aquathlon), and finished 17th in the World Triathlon Championships (aquathlon). With a college basketball-playing son forty years his junior, Jon may be driven by a need to prove that he can keep up.