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McGuireWoods LLP Offices
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77 WEST WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 4100
CHICAGO, IL 60601
ILLINOIS
United States
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Sarah Zielinski
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Career
Sarah helps businesses resolve disputes and navigate compliance challenges arising under the antitrust and consumer protection laws. She represents clients in all varieties of antitrust and consumer protection matters, including as defendants in class actions and complex litigation, as plaintiffs in competitor lawsuits, and as targets of government investigations. She counsels businesses on a wide variety of antitrust and consumer protection issues and regularly provides compliance training.
Sarah is a leader in the antitrust community, and currently serves as co-chair of the Pricing Conduct Committee of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Counting trade associations, corporations, and individual executives from a broad range of industries among its clients, McGuireWoods LLP’s antitrust and competition team regularly handles disputes alleging price-fixing, no-poach agreements, and wage-fixing issues. Amy Manning, based in the firm’s Chicago office, now heads the team; Manning acts for individual executives and corporations in cases alleging no-poach agreements, as well as wage- and price-fixing claims, with particular industry expertise in the life sciences sector. Further key individuals in the Chicago team include Angelo Russo and Sarah Zielinski; Russo is also recommended for his expertise in defending corporations accused of no-poach conspiracies, while Zielinski takes point on cases concerning anticompetitive information exchanges and wage-fixing allegations. Brent Justus, in Richmond, has a particular focus on merger clearances and cartel defense.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- 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
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense