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Gaw | Poe LLP
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Gaw | Poe LLP

USA 2026

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USA

Leading firm in USA 2026

Top figures

6

Lawyers

2014

Established Year

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Overview

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Gaw | Poe is a boutique law firm focusing on trial work, business and antitrust litigation, and appeals. We have clients of all sizes throughout the country and in various industries, and we represent both plaintiffs and defendants. Our founders are nationally recognized litigators who graduated from the same class at Stanford Law School, and we exclusively employ attorneys who have previously had significant experience working for large, “white-shoe” law firms.

Industry sectors (7)

  • Retail/wholesale
  • Online Marketplaces
  • Ad Tech
  • AI
  • Telecommunications
  • Real estate
  • Software

Capabilities (6)

  • Antitrust litigation
  • Class action litigation
  • Complex commercial litigation
  • Appeals
  • Trials
  • Catastrophic injury litigation

Clients (12)

  • Pitco Foods
  • Zayo Group
  • Trepco
  • Quality Transformer & Electronics
  • Klearnow.AI
  • 7 Stars Savings
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Precision Technologies
  • Legalist
  • AheadTek
  • Cosmonova
  • Cannablue

Key people

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  • Randolph Gaw

    Founding Partner

  • Mark Poe

    Co-founding Partner

Work & experience

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Gaw | Poe wins high-stakes commercial and antitrust lawsuits and has achieved verdicts and judgments exceeding $93 million to date. Among other things, we are the leading law firm in the United States in handling price discrimination cases under the federal Robinson-Patman Act, having litigated two separate cases to a jury verdict and settled many others. We take pride in these five principles: 1. We are ethical. 2. We are candid. 3. We are cost-effective. 4. We take risks. 5. We get results.

Notable work

Provided by Gaw | Poe LLP

Trendsettah v. Swisher

2016Completed $45.0M Orange County, California

We won a $44.4M jury verdict (upheld on appeal) on antitrust claims for anticompetitive behavior against our client.

L.A. Int'l v. Prestige Brands

2026Ongoing $10.0M Los Angeles, CA

We won the first plaintiff-side jury verdict in a Robinson-Patman Act claim in the last 25 years; affirmed on appeal.

AdTrader v. Google

2022Completed $82.0B San Jose, CA

We filed a class action against for Google for failing to issue certain refunds to advertisers. Secured $82M in relief.

Ranked Offices at Gaw | Poe LLP

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USA - Head office

California

1 Embarcadero Center Suite 1200 , San Francisco, California, USA, CA 94111, San Francisco

Ranked Departments at Gaw | Poe LLP (2)

California

Ranked Individuals at Gaw | Poe LLP (2)

California

Top figures

6

Lawyers

2014

Established Year

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