Sean Berkowitz at Latham & Watkins LLP in Chicago is the first port of call for companies and individuals facing government and regulatory investigations, as well as criminal and civil litigation. His diverse litigation docket includes cases involving securities fraud, antitrust, deceptive business practices, and commercial litigation. In a historic win in 2022, Sean secured an acquittal for Michael Sussmann, a former campaign lawyer for Hillary Clinton, who was facing charges of making a false statement. Currently, Berkowitz is representing Allergan, a pharmaceutical company facing personal injury claims worldwide — in the US, Canada, EU, and parts of Asia — related to its textured breast implant devices.
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Sean Berkowitz is global Co-chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Mr. Berkowitz is a trial lawyer who focuses on complex litigation and regulatory investigations and has extensive experience in developing creative strategies to solve the issues that confront today’s corporations and executives. He recently completed a five-year term as global Chair of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department, and has an established record of successfully resolving cases at trial and via dispositive motions in a wide variety of subject areas, including securities fraud, deceptive business practices, antitrust and complex commercial litigation.
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- ‘Sean Berkowitz is one of the best litigators in the country. He is as comfortable trying a case in the media as in the courtroom--and both skills are essential.’