Ludwig E. Kolman

Shareholder

T: 312-609-7566 F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

Ludwig E. Kolman is a shareholder at Vedder Price, a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Area and immediate past Chair of the Litigation Department.   He has extensive jury trial experience, having tried more than 40 jury trials in commercial, product liability and tort, intellectual property and white collar crime litigation. He is a member of the Patent Bar and has a master’s degree in physics which, when combined with his considerable trial experience, has proven invaluable in litigating difficult product liability and patent infringement cases and other cases raising technical or scientific issues. Mr. Kolman has more than 15 years experience acting as national trial counsel for major appliance manufacturers and, in that capacity, has tried cases around the country. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Kolman served five years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago specializing in financial crimes. Before that, he spent several years in public interest litigation.

Mr. Kolman performs a great deal of pro bono work and was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 1992 by Pro Bono Advocates.  Mr. Kolman has been recognized by his peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer and Illinois Super Lawyer (2006 and 2007 editions).

• Commercial Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Product Liability

• J.D., cum laude, Northwestern University School of Law, 1975
• M.S., Physics, University of Rochester, 1972
• B.S., Physics, with distinction, University of Illinois, 1970

• Illinois, 1975
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1975 (Trial Bar, 1983)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
• Patent Bar, 1986

• Member, Chicago Council of Lawyers
• Member, Chicago Bar Association (Judicial Evaluation Committee)