Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey > DLA Piper LLP (US) > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s cartel team represents corporate and individual clients from the pharma, insurance, and tech industries in criminal cartel litigation and governmental and regulatory investigations. The team regularly represents multinational clients before both domestic and international competition authorities and regulators, reflecting the firm’s ability to draw on its global network and multijurisdictional expertise. Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, a former DOJ prosecutor with significant expertise in bet-the-company criminal cartel litigation and investigations, leads the team from San Francisco. Los Angeles-based trial attorney John Gibson represents healthcare and tech clients in high-profile cases in California, while Houston’s Allissa Pollard focuses on corporate investigations. In Chicago, of counsel Michael Pullos focuses on multi-district litigation concerning price-fixing and monopolization. The arrival to the San Francisco office of Jessica Heim and former federal prosecutor Matthew Jacobs from Vinson & Elkins LLP in February 2022 further bolstered the firm’s investigations practice.

DLA Piper LLP (US) stands out for its prominence in high profile and bet-the-company class action and civil litigation work spanning the pharmaceutical, insurance, and sports industries. Practice head Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey is situated in San Francisco and routinely assists large corporations in price fixing and market allocation conspiracy matters. Washington DC-based David Bamberger’s practice consists of litigating complex antitrust and trade regulation matters across federal and state courts. First-chair trial lawyers include John Gibson in Los Angeles, who specializes in healthcare and high-tech class action and multi-district litigation, and John Hamill in Chicago, who defends clients in a full spectrum of commercial litigation including antitrust and commercial litigation particularly in the telecoms, sports and healthcare areas.