Berger Montague has a flair for handling high-stakes plaintiff-side cases, regularly winning high-value settlements for clients following antitrust law violations. The department helped achieve the largest-known settlement of an antitrust class action in history in the In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, with the class settlement fund reaching approximately $5.62bn. Particularly effective at handling cases in the financial services and life sciences sectors, the department is jointly led by firm chairman Eric Cramer, commodities, securities and environment expert Merrill Davidoff, class action heavyweight Laddie Montague, and David Sorensen, who frequently represents direct purchasers of prescription drugs. In addition, Cramer focuses on representing workers claiming that anti-competitive practices have suppressed their pay. Another name to note is Michael Dell’Angelo, who has expertise in price-fixing matters, as well as other anti-competitive wrongdoing affecting financial instruments. All named attorneys are based in Philadelphia.

Susman Godfrey LLP's litigation generalists possess a deep well of experience representing plaintiff-side companies and individuals alike in high-profile matters. Here, antitrust-focused team members frequently prosecute claims for monopolization, price-fixing, market allocation and other unlawful conspiracies, oftentimes for Fortune 500 companies. In light of its non-hierarchical structure, the group has lawyers on an equal footing across the country. In the Houston office, co-managing partner Neal Manne, Barry Barnett and James Southwick are all recognized for their enviable plaintiff-side practices; in Los Angeles, 'IP star' Kalpana Srinivasan and 'outstanding strategist' Marc Seltzer are routinely involved in complex multi-district actions; while on the East Coast, New York-based Bill Carmody has a vibrant bet-the-company trial practice in which he serves as lead counsel to some of the country’s biggest companies. After a brief period back in private practice, Randy Wilson was appointed to Houston's 14th Court of Appeals bench in January 2021.

Plaintiff-side litigation boutique Zelle LLP has a strong presence on both US coasts, spearheaded by James Robertson Martin, who chairs the Washington DC office, and Judith Zahid in Oakland. The practice group is often involved in high-stakes multi-jurisdictional litigation, primarily focusing on individual recovery actions on behalf of corporate plaintiffs and class actions on behalf of direct and indirect purchasers. Also in Oakland, Christopher Micheletti has played a leading role in the successful prosecution of several California state antitrust class actions; and Qianwei Fu focuses on the representation of consumers and opt-out claimants in antitrust cartel and monopolization cases, spanning the energy, automotive, transportation, and tech sectors. Washington DC-based Jennifer Duncan Hackett regularly advises clients on issues pertaining to pre-merger notifications, including Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and gun-jumping issues.

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has experience representing plaintiffs and defendants, but is particularly active on the plaintiff side, litigating a broad variety of antitrust actions. It first garnered attention for its role in international pricing cases, but has also developed a reputation for handling cases alleging conspiracies, non-competitive agreements and monopoly. New York-based founding partner David Boies, Washington DC-based Scott Gant and Carl Goldfarb in Fort Lauderdale are the practitioners to note. In mid-2020, Christopher Renner moved to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP while William Isaacson joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Plaintiff-side antitrust boutique Joseph Saveri Law Firm fields a team of specialists primarily based in San Francisco, though the firm also recently opened an office in New York. The team has experience handling an assortment of price-fixing, monopolization, illegal reverse payments, monopsony and no-poaching agreement matters. Jointly led by Steven Williams and founding partner Joseph Saveri, the group is rated both for direct and class action litigation, and has considerable experience representing clients in antitrust and qui tam actions. Elsewhere within the team, Anupama Reddy focuses on antitrust class actions alleging price-fixing and monopolization and Christopher Young is another name to note for class actions.

The antitrust team at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP has particular expertise in plaintiff-side cases that arise at the nexus of antitrust and intellectual property laws. Stephen Neuwirth chairs the antitrust and competition litigation group, which is retained by an array of individuals, classes and large corporations, with notable strength in actions brought in the financial services sector. Neuwirth's colleagues Steig Olson and Daniel Brockett also shine in plaintiff-side antitrust actions, many of which see the pair come up against major Wall Street banks and other, disparate financial service defendants. The team is primarily based in New York, though it also has a presence on the West Coast in Los Angeles-based Kevin Teruya, who is also heavily involved in plaintiff-side class actions, and has vast experience before both state and federal courts, particularly in California.

Fielding a team of 'excellent lawyers who know how to litigate and fight intelligently for their clients' interests,’ Robins Kaplan LLP has a strong track record in representing individuals and businesses alike in both class actions  and direct actions. The practice group is now jointly led by Kellie Lerner in New York and Minneapolis-based Craig Wildfang, whose plaintiff-side work spans actions brought in the financial services, insurance and agricultural commodity sectors. Also working from the firm’s Minneapolis office are the ‘smart, hard-working, collegiate’ Stacey Slaughter and ‘tremendous strategic thinker’ Thomas Undlin, both of whom are well versed in plaintiff class actions. Another name to note is William Reiss, who is recognized by clients as a ‘strong, up-and-coming attorney’, who ‘will be a superstar over time’.

Formerly known as Berman DeValerio, Berman Tabacco is particularly experienced in representing institutional investors, especially large public pension funds, in plaintiff-side price-fixing cases related to financial derivatives and commodities markets. In addition, the group represents an assortment of corporations and individual consumers in actions relating to market allocation agreements, patent misuse, monopolization and group boycotts. Joseph Tabacco and Todd Seaver head up the department from San Francisco. Patrick Egan, in Boston has a particular focus on class actions against financial institutions that face allegations regarding the manipulation of global benchmark rates.

Concentrating on antitrust class actions and individual actions in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. showcases considerable expertise in issues arising at the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust laws. The department is led from New York by Deborah Elman and the 'careful and efficient' Robert Eisler, both of whom have additional experience in class actions related to securities and derivatives. Located in the firm’s Wilmington office, senior counsel Chad Holtzman's work centers on recovering damages for businesses and consumers harmed by price-fixing and monopolization.

Litigation boutique Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP regularly acts as lead or co-lead counsel in large antitrust class actions and private actions. A key figure in the team is Robert Kaplan, who has an illustrious track record in this space. Also recommended is Greg Arenson, who has advised on novel class certification issues. Kaplan and Arenson are based in the firm's New York office.