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Obituaries

Mar. 30, 2026

Jonathan B. Cole, 1950 - 2026

Jonathan B. Cole, who co-founded Nemecek & Cole and built a four-decade career in professional liability and business litigation that included more than 40 published decisions and argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, has died.

Jonathan B. Cole, 1950 - 2026
Jonathan B. Cole, 1950 - 2026

Jonathan B. Cole, who built Nemecek & Cole into one of Southern California's premier professional liability and business litigation firms and who was widely regarded by colleagues as the lawyer they called when everything was on the line, died March 18. He was 75.

His death marks the passing of a litigator whose four-decade career helped shape California professional liability law through more than 40 published decisions and culminated in argument before the U.S. Supreme ...

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