James Herbison > Winston & Strawn LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Winston & Strawn LLP Offices

35 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, IL 60601-9703
ILLINOIS
United States
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James Herbison

Work Department
Antitrust & Competition Litigation
Career
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
(Leading partners)Highly regarded for its strength in tech and sports-related antitrust litigations, Winston & Strawn LLP‘s expertise spans class actions, multidistrict litigations, and the full range of civil litigation across the tech, food, fashion, and real estate industries. Jeffrey Kessler and Eva Cole co-head the global antitrust practice from the firm’s New York office. Kessler has a broad practice spanning antitrust, sports law, and antitrust-related intellectual property issues; he has significant experience representing international companies in civil and multidistrict litigations, and also takes point on antitrust cases in the sports sector. Cole has stand-out expertise in the electronics, sports, retail, and private equity industries, focusing on cartel investigations and follow-on class actions in these spaces. James Herbison, described by clients as ‘one of the brightest antitrust minds in the country’, leads the Illinois offering from Chicago and has a strong track record handling the full range of antitrust litigation, including price-fixing, merger enforcement, and patent issues. Herbison works alongside Michael Mayer, who focuses his practice on class actions and tech antitrust litigations, counting consumer electronics companies and manufacturers among his clients.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Civil litigation/class actions: defense United States > Antitrust
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Government > Government contracts
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- International trade and national security > CFIUS