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Antitrust: Cartel - USA
What the Team is Known For
Williams & Connolly LLP is recognized for strong capabilities in DOJ investigations and enforcement actions. The firm also handles follow-on litigation and represents household name clients in the tech, pharmaceuticals and financial services sectors.
Strengths
Williams houses incredible go-to litigators.
The lawyers are creative, thorough and strategic. They understand the industry and business. They also think many moves ahead.
The team knows the agencies well. The advice they give is practical.
Notable practitioners
John Schmidtlein is noted for his abilities as a litigator, defending a range of anticompetitive behavior allegations, recently including coordinated bidding and price-fixing.
John is the most practical, prepared and smartest litigator that I have ever worked with. He has really great judgment.
John is a top antitrust defense lawyer.
John is a very good litigator.




