About

Provided by Barack Ferrazzano

Barack Ferrazzano's Litigation Group represents some of the world's most prominent companies in their most significant legal disputes. The group is composed of highly skilled trial lawyers — seasoned partners and lean, focused teams — who are always prepared to try cases but equally committed to achieving efficient, business-minded resolutions when appropriate. Leveraging in-house discovery technology, the group manages complex, data-intensive matters without the overhead of larger litigation shops.

The group handles a broad range of high-stakes disputes for clients spanning the luxury goods, financial services, motor vehicle, real estate, telecommunications, and consumer goods industries. Practice areas include antitrust and commercial competition, class actions, BIPA defense, business litigation, financial institutions litigation, insurance coverage, IP litigation, real estate disputes, and white collar defense and regulatory enforcement. The group holds Illinois Band recognition from Chambers USA, national and Chicago recognition from Best Lawyers, and has been repeatedly recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Highly Recommended Firm and shortlisted for Illinois Litigation Firm of the Year.

Chambers Review

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Litigation: General Commercial - Illinois

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Barack Ferrazzano is a respected Chicago firm with notable trial capabilities in high value commercial disputes. The team is regularly sought out by clients in the financial services, retail and automotive sectors to handle both single-plaintiff and class action claims. It offers further expertise in complex cross-border mandates.

Work Highlights

  • Barack Ferrazzano represented Louis Vuitton and Loro Piana in an antitrust class action, alleging they conspired with Saks Fifth Avenue in "no-hire" agreements that purportedly suppressed the wages and job mobility of luxury retail employees.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Maile Hitomi Solís
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Maile Hitomi Solís
4
Band 4

Maile Hitomi Solís cochairs the litigation group at Barack Ferrazzano and regularly handles employment, trade mark infringement and contractual disputes for clients. She has noteworthy experience in the luxury fashion sector.

What distinguishes Maile from her peers is her unique ability to combine technical mastery with clear, patient guidance, making complex and unfamiliar processes accessible.

Ranked Lawyers at
Barack Ferrazzano

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Illinois

Litigation: General Commercial

Maile Hitomi Solís
4
Maile Hitomi Solís
4
Band 4

Members

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Andrew Osborne

Brandon C. Prosansky

Connor T. Gants

Corwin J. Carr

David B. Lurie

Edward F. Malone

Elizabeth Charles-Mundaden

Emily Hoffman

Gianna Santoro Miksanek

Henry K. Wineburgh

Ian P. Flanagan

Jack Snyder

James R. Vogler

Jill Doherty

John W. Roberts

Joseph F. Mintz

Joshua W. Mahoney

Head of Department

Kyle Davis Oakes

Lloyd "Buddy" Ferguson

Louis S. Chronowski

M. Olivia Glass

Maile Hitomi Solís

Maile Hitomi Solís

Head of Department

Mara Easterbrook Klebaner

Marlow Svatek

Matthew A. Bills

Head of Department

Matthew F. Singer

Michael S. Elvin

Nicholas H. Callahan

Nicholas W. Laird

Owen H. Smith

Robert E. Shapiro

Roger H. Stetson

Samantha T. Zuba

Steven J. Yatvin

Thomas M. Williams

W. Scott Porterfield

Wendi E. Sloane

Zoe Brumfield-Meyers Cross