Edwards Wildman is pleased to announce that Jeffrey E. Crane has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, residing in the firm’s Chicago office.
Crane’s principal areas of practice include commercial litigation, class actions, and insurance and financial services litigation. He has substantial experience in a broad range of commercial litigation matters, including consumer fraud actions, securities fraud, antitrust, white collar criminal defense, and False Claims Act Medicare fraud. Crane has developed particular expertise representing insurance and financial services companies on a variety of class actions issues arising out of market conduct practices, product offerings, and interest crediting practices.
“We are delighted to welcome Jeff to Edwards Wildman,” said Craig White, co-chair of the Litigation Department at Edwards Wildman. “He brings substantial expertise in handling a broad range of commercial matters, and his background in insurance and financial services litigation will strengthen our litigation capabilities in Chicago and on an international basis.”
Crane comes to Edwards Wildman from the Chicago office of Sidley Austin, where he was a partner. Previously, he was a partner at Sachnoff & Weaver in Chicago. He began his legal career as an associate in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw.
