Jonathan D Sasser

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Career

Jon Sasser grew up on a Union County farm and learned to practice law on Park Avenue. He 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, and PETA, 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, 2022), 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, the Boston Marathon, and the Alcatraz Swim. An eleven-time member of Team USA, he has in age group competitions won state championships in track and swimming, placed as high as third nationally, and finished seventh in the 2021 World Aquathlon Championships. With a college basketball-playing son forty years his junior, Jon may be driven by a need to prove that he can keep up.

Professional Memberships

Litigation Counsel of America, 2017-2020

- Trial Law Institute

- Diversity Law Institute

Tour de Cure (American Diabetes Association), Co-Chair, 2008

North Carolina School of Science & Math Foundation, Chair, 2003-2004

North Carolina Bar Association, Constitutional Law Section, Chair, 2002-2003

United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Member, Civil Rules Subcommittee, 2012-2013