Associate
Jonathan McGehee
Biography
Jonathan McGehee represents businesses and individuals in civil litigation under the state and federal courts of Iowa and Illinois. His practice consists primarily of commercial and business disputes, with a concentration in intellectual property litigation. Including, trademark and copyright infringement actions in federal court. Jonathan works to resolve disputes efficiently where it best serves the client’s objectives, and to litigate them where it does not.
Clients turn to Jonathan when a dispute involves a brand, a body of creative work, or another asset that is difficult to value and harder to replace. He came to litigation through an intellectual property practice. Representing a background to bear on cases in which what is at stake is a company’s name, content, or its competitive position.
Jonathan began his career at Lane & Waterman in 2023 and returned to the firm in 2026 after practicing at a nationally recognized intellectual property firm in Chicago. He came back to the Quad Cities to raise his family and to build a practice grounded in lasting, direct relationships with the clients he represents.
Jonathan earned his Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado Boulder and his Juris Doctor, with a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was named to the Dean’s List in his second and third years. During law school, he served as a clerk with an IP boutique firm in Chicago and a judicial extern in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois in Rock Island.
A native of the Quad Cities and a 2014 graduate of Moline High School, Jonathan is a third-generation attorney practicing among the friends and family who raised him. Outside the office, he enjoys local concerts, skiing, golf, and tennis.
Practice Areas
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., Certificate in Intellectual Property, 2023)
- University of Colorado Boulder (B.EnvD, 2018)
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
- Associate Attorney, Lane & Waterman LLP (2023 to 2025; 2026 to present)
- Associate, intellectual property firm, Chicago, Illinois (2025 to 2026)
- Law Clerk, boutique intellectual property firm, Chicago, Illinois (2022)
- Judicial Extern, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Rock Island (2021)
BAR ADMISSION
BAR ADMISSION
- Illinois – 2023
- Iowa – 2024
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa – 2024
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa – 2024
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois – 2025
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois – 2026
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, Iowa State Bar Association
- Member, Illinois State Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Scott County Bar Association
- Member, Rock Island County Bar Association
- Member, The Dillon Inn of Court
- District 7 Representative, Iowa State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (former)
HONORS
HONORS
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award (highest grade), Legal Writing III (Contracts)
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award (highest grade), Advertising and Marketing Law
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award (highest grade), Video Game Law
- Dean’s List, Chicago-Kent College of Law (second and third years)
- Chancellor’s Scholarship, University of Colorado, Boulder
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
Jonathan was raised in the Quad Cities and graduated from Moline High School in 2014. Having begun his legal career in the Quad Cities and practiced for a period in Chicago, he returned to the area to raise his family and to serve the businesses and residents of the community in which he was raised.
SPEECHES & PUBLICATIONS
SPEECHES & PUBLICATIONS
- Presenter, “Trademark Dilution and AI Hallucinations,” continuing legal education presentation, Chicago, Illinois, 2026.
- Panelist, University of Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association, Iowa City, Iowa, 2026.
- Presenter, “History of Voir Dire,” The Dillon Inn of Court, Davenport, Iowa, 2025.