Jerry served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for McDonald’s Corporation headquartered in Chicago. Beginning in 2002, he served as head of litigation. Over the course of his tenure there, he assumed various leadership roles building a global legal department overseeing activities in over 100 countries. Jerry also led the Company’s Enterprise Risk Program and was a core member of the crisis management team. In 2017, he became the Company’s General Counsel and worked to partner with the business to better drive the company’s strategic objectives and growth until his retirement in October 2020. Prior to joining McDonald’s, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois where he tried more than 30 cases to verdict.