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Samantha Lerner

Samantha Lerner

USA 2026

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Co-chair of Winston’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, Samantha is a trial lawyer who concentrates her practice on complex commercial and patent litigation.

Samantha has spent her career litigating complex commercial and patent cases for Fortune 500 companies. She has represented clients in a variety of industries, including agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, and insurance, and has litigated breach of contract, trade-secret-theft, business tort, Commodities Exchange Act, RICO, antitrust, employment, and fraud cases. She has significant experience defending clients against class actions. Samantha has also represented clients in patent cases in courts across the country (including D.N.J., D. Del., W.D. Tex., E.D. Tex, and N.D. Cal) involving complex technology such as medical devices and instruments, telephone and computer technology, and pharmaceuticals.

Having spent her entire career at Winston, Samantha is deeply committed to the firm, its strategic vision, and the promotion, advancement, and retention of its talented attorneys.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: General Commercial - Illinois

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Samantha Lerner has a broad base of commercial dispute expertise alongside considerable strength in intellectual property cases. She is cochair of Winston & Strawn's complex commercial litigation practice and co-leads the Chicago litigation group.

Strengths

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  • She's a zealous advocate and phenomenal adviser.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA
  • She stands out in client service, thinking 360 degrees in things that could be helpful.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA

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