Ranked in 4 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Litigation: General Commercial

Illinois

16 Years Ranked

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Band 1

Litigation: Securities

Illinois

7 Years Ranked

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Litigation: Trial Lawyers

USA - Nationwide

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Sean M Berkowitz

USA

Practice Areas

Sean Berkowitz, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and former Global Chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, represents clients in complex litigation and regulatory investigations.

Sean is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who regularly advises Fortune 500 companies and individual executives on their most important litigation matters in courts and venues throughout the United States. He also advises clients on government and regulatory investigations, and develops strategies to resolve those matters short of litigation.

He has an established track record of successfully resolving cases at trial or before trial in a variety of subject areas, including:

- Securities fraud

- Antitrust

- Deceptive business practices

- Complex commercial litigation

Sean is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has successfully tried more than 35 cases to verdict.

Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Sean served in several federal government positions, including as:

- Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section for the United States Attorney’s office in the Northern District of Illinois

- Director of the special task force created to investigate the Enron corporate scandal, and lead prosecutor in the criminal case against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling

Leadership

Sean recently completed a five-year term as Global Chair of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. He is the former Illinois Chair of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is a past president of the Chicago Inn of Court. He serves on the boards of the Chicago Area Project and A Better Chicago, an innovative non-profit organization that invests in and supports a portfolio of educational charities.

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Litigation: General Commercial - Illinois

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Band 1
Individual Editorial
Sean Berkowitz is lauded for the breadth and depth of his litigation practice, which includes defending against securities fraud actions and handling commercial disputes.

Litigation: Securities - Illinois

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Band 1
Individual Editorial
Sean Berkowitz is lauded for the breadth and depth of his litigation practice, which includes defending against securities fraud actions and handling commercial disputes.

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Illinois

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Band 1
Individual Editorial
Sean Berkowitz is lauded for the breadth and depth of his litigation practice, which includes defending against securities fraud actions, handling commercial disputes and government investigations by bodies such as the DOJ, FTC and SEC.

Litigation: Trial Lawyers - USA - Nationwide

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Band 2
Individual Editorial

Chicago-based Sean Berkowtiz has an impressive depth and breadth of litigation expertise, which sees him handle complex commercial and securities cases, as well as white-collar criminal matters. He is global chair of Latham & Watkins' complex commercial litigation practice.

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