Howrey LLP was a global law firm that practiced antitrust,global litigation and intellectual property law. At its peak Howrey had more than 700 attorneys in 17 locations worldwide.
Winston &Strawn LLP is an international law firm headquartered in Chicago. It has more than 900 attorneys spread across ten offices in the United States and six offices in Europe,Asia and South America. Founded in 1853,it is one of the largest and oldest law firms in Chicago.
Robert J. Gordon is an American trial lawyer.
Sonnenschein Nath &Rosenthal LLP was an international law firm with nearly 800 lawyers and other professionals in the United States and Europe,serving businesses,non-profits and individuals. The firm was founded in Chicago in 1906 and as of May 2010 ranked as the 58th-largest law firm in the U.S. by revenue. In September 2010 it merged with London-based Denton Wilde Sapte to form SNR Denton.
Joe Dally Whitley is an American lawyer from Georgia who was the first General Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security. He works in private practice at Baker Donelson and has been named a Super Lawyer,listed in The Best Lawyers in America®,named a ‘’2019 Lawyer of the Year’’,is AV®Preeminent™Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell,and listed in Chambers USA:America's Leading Business Lawyers.
David William Ogden,known professionally as David W. Ogden is an American lawyer who served as the deputy attorney general of the United States. An American lawyer,Ogden was also a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense during the administration of President Bill Clinton. He is a nationally recognized litigator and counselor in the Washington,DC.,office of the law firm WilmerHale,LLP.
Elton Joe Kendall is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Elliott I. Portnoy is an American attorney and the Global chief executive officer of Dentons—a law firm that launched March 28,2013 with the combination of US/UKMEA firm SNR Denton,Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and France's Salans. Dentons is now the largest law firm in the world.
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón is a Dominican-American attorney and diplomat who is the United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra. Most recently,she was the chief of staff to First Lady Jill Biden. She formerly served as a litigation and international arbitration partner with the international law firm Winston &Strawn LLP. She was previously a partner with Chadbourne &Parke LLP,practicing in the firm's International Arbitration and Latin America groups. Reynoso is also affiliated with the faculty at Columbia University School of Law and the School of International and Public Affairs. From March 2012 until December 2014,she served as United States Ambassador to Uruguay. She is a former deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State. President Biden nominated her to be the next United States Ambassador to Spain on July 27,2021,being confirmed on December 18,2021.
Daniel K. Webb is an American lawyer and public official. He is the co-executive chairman of the international law firm of Winston &Strawn. He is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and previously served as the Special Counsel in the Iran-Contra affair. As the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,he was the top federal law enforcement official in the city of Chicago on behalf of the United States Department of Justice. As U.S. Attorney,Webb led Operation Greylord and successfully prosecuted 76 corrupt judges,police officers,court clerks,and lawyers.
Jeffrey L. Kessler is a partner at the international law firm Winston &Strawn,where he also serves as Co-Executive Chairman and co-chair of the firm's antitrust/competition practice and is a member of the firm's executive committee. Until May 2012,he was the global litigation chair at the international law firm Dewey &LeBoeuf,where he was also the co-chair of the sports litigation practice group and served on the firm's executive and leadership committees. His major clients include the Panasonic Corporation,National Football League Players Association (NFLPA),the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA),William Morris Endeavor,Activision Blizzard,Avanci,the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA),United States Women's National Team (USWNT) soccer players,NTN Corporation,Relevant Sports,and Actors' Equity Association.
SNR Denton was a multinational law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington,D.C. The firm operated in 60 locations across 43 countries and had around 1,250 lawyers. It was one of the 25-largest law firms in the world,with revenues of around $750 million in 2011/12.
Melinda L. Haag is a San Francisco-based litigator and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.
Thomas M. Melsheimer is a trial lawyer and a partner at the international law firm of Winston &Strawn,where he also serves as managing partner of its Dallas office and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. His trial experience encompasses both civil and criminal litigation. On the civil side,he has tried to verdict cases involving patent infringement,trade secrets,insider trading,antitrust,breach of fiduciary duty,fraud,product liability,and False Claims Act (FCA) violations. On the criminal side,he has tried to verdict cases involving bank fraud,public corruption,copyright infringement,aggravated sexual assault,and kidnapping. His clients include a variety of high-net-worth individuals and notable corporations,including the Dallas Mavericks and owner Mark Cuban,Microsoft,Bank of America,and Texas Instruments. Melsheimer is the co-author of a best-selling book on trial advocacy,On the Jury Trial:Principles and Practices for Effective Advocacy
Timothy M. Broas is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from March 19,2014,to February 13,2016.
Karen Anne Gren Scholer is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Baron &Budd,P.C. is an American plaintiffs' law firm headquartered in Dallas,Texas. Opponents of mass tort litigation have criticized the firm for the zealousness with which it represents its clients,and for the political activities of some of its attorneys.
Marc Luther Krickbaum is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 2017 to 2021.
Thomas Lee Kirsch II is an American attorney and jurist who has served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since December 2020. He was previously the United States attorney for the Northern District of Indiana from October 2017 to December 2020.
Craig Carpenito is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. On January 5,2018,Carpenito was appointed U.S. Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §546 by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On April 27,2018,the judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey unanimously appointed Carpenito U.S. Attorney pursuant to their statutory powers. He resigned on January 5,2021. He previously served as a federal prosecutor in the office from 2003 to 2008.
