Sirbaugh v. CSX, $2,500,000.00 verdict, Berkeley County, W. Va.
Evans v. Dayton Power and Light, $1,300,000.00 verdict, Adams County, Ohio.
Barham v. Whitt, $1,500,000.00 verdict, Madison County, Illinois.
Runyon v. South Point, $750,000.00 verdict (Largest verdict in county history at the time), Lawrence County, Ohio.
Chief, Civil Division, Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office, Madison County, Illinois, 2017-2021.
Adjunct Professor, St. Louis University School of Law, 2006 – Present
Jeff has practiced in Madison County, Illinois for over 39 years, previously being a partner in the firms of Carlson & Associates, LLC and Wendler & Ezra, P.C. He was the principal in the firm Ezra & Associates, LLC from 2006 to 2022, when he became Of Counsel to Byron Carlson.
Jeff has extensive trial experience having done so throughout Illinois as well as numerous states in the country including Ohio, West Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas. He has, at one time or another, held the highest verdicts in three counties throughout Ohio and West Virginia. He has argued cases before the West Virginia Supreme Court, Federal Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits, State Appellate Courts including the Illinois Fifth Appellate District, and two multi-district litigation panels.
Jeff is a Preeminent Attorney as designated by Martindale-Hubbell and AV rated. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum having obtained multiple jury verdicts in excess of One Million Dollars. From 2017-2021, he served as Chief of the Civil Division for the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office and is an Adjunct Professor at St. Louis University School of Law, where he has taught Trial Advocacy for the past 19 years. Jeff will continue his practice in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Employment Law with the firm.