PARTNER, LATHAM & WATKINS
WHY: Global chair of Latham’s Litigation & Trial Department; represents financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, boards of directors, and individuals in
securities, M&A, and other complex commercial litigation. Consistently recognized as a leading national litigator.
IN THE NEWS: Represented U.S. Soccer Federation when it was sued by women’s national team players. Two sides reached $24M settlement in February.
NOTABLE: U.S. Soccer disavowed prior’s legal firm’s line of argument that women’s team players are not entitled to equal pay because they do not “perform equal work requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions.”
