Ms Jennifer Levy > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

With extensive bipartisan expertise, Kirkland & Ellis LLP‘s state attorneys general team draws on the experience of former senior government officials, including Chicago-based Lisa Madigan, who served as Illinois state attorney general. In Washington DC, Jennifer Levy leads on multistate litigation involving product liability cases on behalf of pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and automotive companies. Also in Washington DC is Reginald Brown, whose practice focuses on assisting financial institutions, energy companies and tech firms with regulatory and reputational matters. Another key name is former federal judge Mark Filip, who splits his time between Chicago and Washington DC and has been particularly active in representing multinational pharmaceuticals and life sciences companies in civil and criminal investigations.

Noted for its ‘highly strategic approach’, which combines first-chair trial skills, alongside deep subject knowledge and procedural expertise, Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a popular choice among life sciences and pharma companies facing down high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation. Jennifer Levy in Washington DC and Chicago-based Donna Welch have been pivotal to the firm’s success in the area, most notably for their ‘outstanding’ work on behalf of Allergan, as one of the defendants accused in private and government-led litigation for its role in fuelling the opioid epidemic in the US. ‘Well-respected’ Washington-DC-based trial lawyer Mike Brock is also a key member of the team and has notched up numerous successes for pharma and life sciences companies, particularly in product liability and mass tort cases.