Susman Godfrey LLP

Antitrust, intellectual property, fraud, and technology-related courtroom battles fall within the remit of Susman Godfrey LLP’s commercial disputes practice. Recent matters have included politically sensitive litigation, from defamation claims involving allegations about voting machines following the 2024 Presidential election, to the American Bar Association’s constitutional challenge to federal executive actions targeting law firms. The department is led by practice heads and co-managing partners Kalpana Srinivasan in Los Angeles and Vineet Bhatia in Houston. Srinivasan’s wheelhouse spans antitrust and IP – including patent and copyright infringement disputes, often in class action settings – while Bhatia’s forte is commercial trials involving antitrust, breach of contract, and trade secret claims for both plaintiffs and defendants. The team is further strengthened by Houston-based Neal Manne, a go-to litigator for government-facing and constitutional fights. The New York cohort includes Bill Carmody, a leading trial lawyer in consumer class actions; Amanda Bonn, who handles privacy and antitrust litigation; and Jacob Buchdahl, closely associated with heavyweight commercial fraud disputes.