Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Sami H. Rashid is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition practice and a partner in the firm’s New York office. Sami has nearly two decades of experience on both sides of the “v.”, representing both corporate plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust and other complex commercial litigation, including class actions. Sami has significant experience leading the defense of corporations accused of price-fixing and other anticompetitive acts. Among other representations, Sami helped win the dismissal of a major sports association in an antitrust and RICO class action; and is currently leading the defense of major antitrust MDLs that center on allegations of price-fixing in the meatpacking industry. At the same time, Sami has significant experience representing plaintiffs, in both class and individual antitrust actions.

Sami has been named by Legal 500 USA as a Recommended Lawyer in the Antitrust Litigation in both the Plaintiff and Defense categories. He has also been named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers for the past three years.

In addition to his strong commercial litigation expertise, Sami served as a policy and legal officer for the United Nations in Amman, Jordan from 2014-2015.