Debra D Bernstein

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Debra Bernstein is the Managing Partner of Quinn Emanuel’s Atlanta office. Debra is a trial lawyer with a national commercial litigation practice and an emphasis on antitrust matters and class actions. Clients trust Debra to represent them, whether as a defendant or a plaintiff, in bet-the-company litigation. Debra helped to pioneer the area of large corporate opt-out litigation with her representation of Dell as an opt-out plaintiff in multiple computer parts price fixing cartel cases. On behalf of clients, Debra has secured more than $1 billion in settlements and has helped clients avoid liability. She also has litigated cases at the intersection of IP and antitrust law and is one of the only antitrust lawyers in the country to defend an antitrust case instituted in the International Trade Commission.

Debra has spoken at conferences internationally on a wide range of antitrust topics, including international cartels, ACPERA, and the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law. She has been recognized for 10 years for her antitrust experience by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and named a female trailblazer by the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s Women Connected and the Diversity advanced initiative. She is a member of the leadership of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, where she serves as Vice Chair of the Civil Practice and Procedure Committee.

Debra received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in American history. Debra was a law clerk for the Honorable Orinda D. Evans, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.