Kellie Lerner

Practice Areas

Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Action Litigation

Career

Described by her peers in Chambers USA as an antitrust “trailblazer,” Kellie Lerner has devoted her two decade career to litigating high-stakes antitrust disputes. As Co-Chair of the Robins Kaplan LLP Antitrust Group, Ms. Lerner is principally responsible for identifying new antitrust actions, and has initiated the first antitrust lawsuits in the country in dozens of actions that have resulted in billions of dollars in recoveries for plaintiffs. She currently serves in leadership positions in a number of groundbreaking antitrust matters. Ms. Lerner also counsels clients on competition issues.

Ms. Lerner was named to Global Competition Review’s prestigious Women in Antitrust list (2021) and also to Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Law list (2021). She was recognized by The New York Law Journal as a “Distinguished Leader” (2020), “New York Trailblazer” (2019), and an “Elite Woman of the Plaintiff’s Bar” (2019). She was named an "M&A Trailblazer" by The National Law Journal, to the "National Women in Law Award" list by Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel (2018), and a "Diversity Leader" by Profiles in Diversity Journal (2018).

Professional Memberships

NYSBA, Antitrust Section; National Association of Women Lawyers; ABA Section of Antitrust Law; The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws; Institute of Consumer Antitrust Studies of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law; New York Women in Antitrust Group

Education