Alisa Lu > Cohen & Gresser LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Cohen & Gresser LLP
2001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, NW
SUITE 300
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Antitrust & Competition

Position

Associate

Career

Alisa Lu is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s Washington, D.C. office. Alisa’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and antitrust. She has experience advising companies on competition matters, including advising companies on receiving merger clearance. Alisa also has experience representing financial institutions in civil proceedings in federal and state courts. She has been recognized in The Legal 500‘s U.S. coverage in the civil litigation/class actions defense category, and Super Lawyers has recognized her as a Rising Star for business litigation.

Prior to joining Cohen & Gresser, Alisa was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.  She also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Peter J. Messitte of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Before attending law school, Alisa was an analyst at J.P. Morgan in New York in the Corporate & Investment Bank.

Alisa is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was the managing editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.

Memberships

District of Columbia

State of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Education

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2018)

Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 2013)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense

Working in tandem with the firm’s white-collar defense and corporate teams, Cohen & Gresser LLP‘s antitrust practice has considerable government enforcement capabilities. The team has experience in courts of all levels, a ‘litigation powerhouse’ representing clients in both single litigant and class action suits, and antitrust and competition disputes. The technology sector is also a particular focal point for the practice. Melissa Maxman boasts a diverse roster of both national and international clients, advising on antitrust matters on a global scale. John Roberti brings experience in cartel class actions, as well as in antitrust litigation and investigations, to the team. Antitrust compliance is a key focus area for Ronald Wick, alongside his trade regulation practice. Alisa Lu‘s clientele encompasses companies receiving merger clearance and financial institutions. All attorneys mentioned are based in Washington DC.