Eitan Kagedan is an associate in the Litigation Department. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and antitrust matters, including contract actions, licensing agreements, and high stakes class and individual actions in the media, privacy, contract, and insurance litigation arenas.
Eitan earned his law degree, cum laude, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he was Assistant Executive Editor and an Articles Review Board member of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and a Member of the Board of the Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition. He also served as a Student Member of the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic, a member of the Student Bar Association Career and Clerkships Committee, and as Events Chair of the Disability Law Society. He earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Rutgers University (Honors Program), where he was honored with Highest Honors for Senior Thesis, the Jacob Cooper Prize in Logic, and the Aresty Research Fellowship. He was also a member of the Class of 1970 Speaker Nominating Committee.
Before entering law school, Eitan worked as a Legal Advocate with the Urban Justice Center – Mental Health Project. During law school, he served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Diane J. Larsen of the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois, Chancery Division. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate with Dentons US, LLP in Chicago, Illinois.
Eitan is also active in the community. He served as a Prospective Board Member of the Professional Theater and Youth Dance Academy and as a member of Avodah: Jewish Service Corps. He earned a Rutgers University campus award for outstanding community service outreach and, after graduating, served as an AmeriCorps Corps Member (2012-2013).
Eitan is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Illinois.