After earning his law degree from the University of Idaho College of Law, Jonathan worked as a Deputy Criminal Prosecutor for Ada County in Boise. During law school, he served as a judicial extern for the Honorable United States District Court Chief Judge David C. Nye and learned the intricacies of appellate work as a judicial extern for the Honorable Justice Joel D. Horton at the Idaho Supreme Court. In addition to being selected Dean’s List, Jonathan externed with the James A. & Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research, advocated for survivors of domestic and sexual violence at the University of Idaho Family Justice Clinic, and was chosen by faculty to represent the University of Idaho College of Law at the Peggy Browning Fund Workers’ Rights Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jonathan speaks conversational Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, having learned the latter while living for two years in Taiwan. Away from the office, Jonathan and his wife enjoy camping with their four children. He is an avid music composer and sings Tenor in the Arizona Millennial Choirs and Orchestras.
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REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Obtained $1,375,000 settlement for the family of a young man killed in a motorcycle crash.
In a motorcycle wrongful death case involving a single adult male, Ty Taber and Jonathan Litster secured a $1,325,000 settlement from the first-party insurance carrier and full policy limits of $50,000 from the at-fault driver. We successfully argued against the insurer’s attempt to limit recovery under Arizona’s anti-stacking statute (A.R.S. § 20-259.01(H)), which would have limited the family’s recovery to $250,000 under their Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage. Ty and Jonathan found that multiple vehicles and policies were available, and proved that the insurer’s policies and client notices did not comply with the statute. On behalf of the grieving family, Ty and Jonathan recovered an additional $1,025,000—more than triple the initial offer—for a total settlement of $1,375,000.
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- Arizona Association for Justice, Sustaining Member, Membership Committee
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Advocate Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Member
- East Valley Bar Association, Member
- Los Abogados, Arizona Hispanic Bar Association, Member
- Arizona Asian American Bar Association, Member
- Arizona Thurgood Marshall, American Inn of Court, Member
- Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division, Executive Board Member, Current; Barrister’s Ball Planning Committee, 2024
HONORS & AWARDS
- Southwest Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, 2023-2025
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones To Watch, Personal Injury Litigation, 2023-2025; Medical Malpractice Litigation, 2023-2025
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2023
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
- Arizona Millennial Choirs & Orchestras
LANGUAGES
- Spanish
- Mandarin Chinese
News
PUBLICATIONS
events
- Arizona Personal Injury Litigation: Secrets Only the Top Attorneys Know - April 9, 2025
- Maricopa County Bar Association CLE: PI Pitfalls for Non-PI Lawyers - February 18, 2025
- The Law Boat: A Cruise Through Civility and Professionalism Rules and Guidelines - February 4, 2025
- East Valley Bar Association CLE: PI Pitfalls for Non-PI Lawyers - January 8, 2025
- “SCOTUS 2023-2024 Case Review: Moyle v. United States,” Presenter, Thurgood Marshall American Inns of Court, May 22, 2024
- "Advanced Insurance Bad Faith in Arizona” for the National Business Institute, Co-Speaker with Dr. Paul D. Friedman, May 5, 2022
- "Auto Insurance, UM/UIM, Bad Faith, and Liens in Arizona” for the National Business Institute, Co-Speaker with Dr. Paul D. Friedman, February 8, 2022
- Presentation to the Idaho Governor’s Salmon Workgroup courtesy of the James A. & Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research and the Idaho Office of Species Conservation, November 19, 2019