Sean M. Berkowitz > Latham & Watkins LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Sean Berkowitz at Latham & Watkins LLP in Chicago is the first port of call for companies and individuals facing government and regulatory investigations, as well as criminal and civil litigation. His diverse litigation docket includes cases involving securities fraud, antitrust, deceptive business practices, and commercial litigation. In a historic win in 2022, Sean secured an acquittal for Michael Sussmann, a former campaign lawyer for Hillary Clinton, who was facing charges of making a false statement. Currently, Berkowitz is representing Allergan, a pharmaceutical company facing personal injury claims worldwide — in the US, Canada, EU, and parts of Asia — related to its textured breast implant devices.

The international arbitration practice at Latham & Watkins LLP routinely handles complex arbitrations across a number of practice areas, with experience in antitrust, employment, insolvency, and securities litigation work. Leading tech and pharma companies, as well as banks rely on the expertise of the practice, notably including Sinovac Biotech and Telefónica S.A. Orange County-based Michele Johnson leads the team, with knowledge of securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, and post M&A litigation. In Chicago, Sean Berkowitz and Mary Rose Alexander  are key names. Raghav Bajaj joined the Austin office from Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.  in August 2024.

Latham & Watkins LLP’s team of sector-specialist litigators represents clients in disputes spanning core industries both in the US and across the globe. The practice’s diverse clientele of leading corporate entities spans the media, manufacturing, tech, and retail sectors. Steven Feldman leads the complex commercial litigation practice from New York, alongside co-chairs Nicholas Boyle in Washington DC and LA-based Laura Washington, who was made global vice chair of complex commercial litigation in June 2024 and is regularly called upon by clients in the media and entertainment sector for representation in business and IP disputes. In Chicago, Sean Berkowitz leverages his extensive experience in civil and criminal matters to handle both litigation and regulatory investigations. Based in New York, ‘oustanding trial lawyer’ Jamie Wine advises a stellar list of Fortune 500 companies, accounting firms and financial institutions and Kuan Huang is a go to across the gamut of commercial disputes. Robert Collins in Chicago focuses on class action defense.