- Location: Birmingham, Michigan
- Phone: 248-971-1728
- Fax: 248-971-1801
- Email: Jorissen@BWST-Law.com
Jonathan Francis Jorissen
Jonathan Jorissen is a trial lawyer and counselor specializing in complex commercial litigation including warranty, recall, cost-recovery and product-liability disputes. Mr. Jorissen has negotiated hundreds of terms and conditions in sales contracts and has achieved positive results for some of the world’s leading automotive suppliers in litigation and commercial negotiations. Mr. Jorissen regularly counsels those suppliers regarding contracts, warranty and recall claims and defenses, “best practices” for pursuing and defending cost-recovery claims, force majeure and commercial impracticability issues, allocation plans and protocols under the UCC, and global supply chain issues. Mr. Jorissen has been named a “Rising Star” in business litigation by Michigan “Super Lawyers” and a “top Lawyer” by Hour Detroit. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Ave Maria School of Law. Before entering private practice, Mr. Jorissen clerked for the Honorable Lawrence P. Zatkoff of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Recent Experience Includes
- Lead supplier counsel on many “bet-the-company” warranty, recall, termination and program cancellation disputes on behalf of Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers with demands up to several hundred million dollars
- Supply chain contracting and gap analysis for the purpose of identifying and implementing best practices to mitigate and allocate risk through revised contracts and pro-active supply chain strategies
- Representation and counseling of suppliers in hundreds of automotive supply chain pricing, duration and quality negotiations and disputes, including stop shipments and TROs
- National representation of leading tire manufacturers in catastrophic personal injury cases
- Negotiation and drafting of contract terms and conditions, non-disclosure, and other automotive supply agreements
- Counseling of automotive suppliers on NHTSA regulations
- Worked on trial team that secured a $25.7M judgment in action for breach of a supply contract
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 2007
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2009
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2008
Education, Professional Associations and Awards
- Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan (magna cum laude)
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana (cum laude)
- Rising Star in Business Litigation, Michigan Super Lawyers, 2013-2020
- Top Lawyer, Hour Detroit 2021
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Original Equipment Supplier Association (OESA) Youth Leadership Council
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Michigan, Member
- Oakland County Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
- “Cost Recovery Claims: Discipline Drives Fairness,” 2019 Original Equipment Supplier Association (OESA)
- “Cost Recovery Claims: Strategies, Perspectives and Best Practices,” 2018 OESA
Past Employment Positions
- Butzel Long, Litigation Associate, 2010 – 2013
- U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Law Clerk, 2007 – 2010
- Honorable Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff at the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Judicial Law Clerk
Specialists in High-Stakes Litigation, Bankruptcy and Supply Chain Counseling.
