Who We Are
We operate as a legal SWAT team — a highly trained, specialized, and agile team of experienced litigators who have worked together in the trenches on some of the most hard-fought litigations and trials in history. This means no learning curve, no drama, and no wasted motion.
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Karen L. Dunn
Karen Dunn, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is widely recognized as one of the country’s premier trial lawyers. Among other recognitions, Karen has been named a “Litigator of the Year” by The American Lawyer for her role in “high-stakes, high-profile, and hard-fought” cases. Karen has also been recognized as a “Star Individual” for Trials by Chambers and Partners, which reports that Karen’s clients call her “a go-to lawyer for your toughest, most-challenging problems.”
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William A. Isaacson
Bill Isaacson is widely considered one of the preeminent trial lawyers of his generation. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Bill was named a “Litigator of the Year” in 2016 and a “Litigator of the Week” three times by The American Lawyer. Chambers and Partners reports that Bill is a “celebrated trial lawyer” and is “highly recommended for his work in complex class actions,” with clients commending his “superb intellect” and that he is a “very smart strategist.”
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Jeannie S. Rhee
Jeannie Rhee is a deeply experienced, battle-tested crisis manager and litigation strategist who has helped numerous Fortune 100 clients safely navigate their most significant civil, white-collar, and regulatory exposure. A longtime former federal prosecutor with significant first-chair trial experience, Jeannie has stood on both sides of the courtroom and has forged a successful path everywhere she’s been. Jeannie’s “passion is delivering for her clients, each and every time,” clients note in Chambers and Partners.
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L. Rush Atkinson
Rush Atkinson is a distinguished former federal prosecutor who handles complex corporate and government investigations, white-collar litigation, congressional inquiries, and the nation’s most sensitive national security and cybersecurity matters. He also served as a top official in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for overseeing key criminal, cyber, and national security matters.
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Meredith R. Dearborn
Meredith Dearborn is an experienced, dynamic trial lawyer based in California who has handled high-profile matters for some of the world’s largest tech clients, including nearly a dozen major federal and state trials. Called “extremely talented” and “practical” by Chambers and Partners, she marshals evidence and tackles thorny legal issues with dogged energy and focus. Among other recognitions, The Recorder named Meredith a Woman Leader in Tech Law in its 2025 California Legal Awards.
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Martha L. Goodman
Martha Goodman is a versatile civil litigator and trial lawyer with a relentless drive for client success. She consistently secures favorable outcomes, from winning critical preliminary injunctions and motions to dismiss, to achieving summary judgments that resolve cases decisively. Her extensive experience as trial counsel means she’s not only expert at managing large matters throughout and preparing them for trial, but also ready to take the case to trial and to win.
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Meryl Conant Governski
Meryl Conant Governski focuses on high-risk, high-profile commercial litigation with extensive experience serving on trial teams in federal and state courts in cases involving defamation, privacy-related torts, and other matters implicating the First Amendment, as well as breach of contract and an assortment of complex legal claims. Meryl possesses a unique combination of substantive expertise coupled with significant trial experience.
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Amy J. Mauser
Amy Mauser is an experienced litigator focusing her practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust. For over three decades, Amy has represented clients in antitrust matters as plaintiffs and defendants in both federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels, and in other high-stakes matters involving contractual claims, business torts, and constitutional claims.
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Erin J. Morgan
Erin Morgan specializes in complex civil litigation, with a particular focus on jury trials, bench trials, and arbitration. She has taken eleven cases to trial or arbitration, winning favorable outcomes on behalf of leading corporations, financial institutions, and investment managers. Erin has represented clients across a range of industries in their most significant litigations and regulatory matters.
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Jessica Phillips
Jessica Phillips is an experienced trial lawyer who has litigated high-stakes disputes in a diverse array of practice areas, including employment law, contract law, business torts, antitrust and competition law, securities fraud, constitutional law, defamation, healthcare, and intellectual property. Jessica also advises clients facing a broad range of regulatory matters and has successfully litigated administrative challenges of legislation.
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Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith is an experienced trial lawyer who has handled a variety of high-stakes disputes, including antitrust, trade secrets, and intellectual property matters; class actions; complex commercial litigation; and administrative law challenges. Kyle works tirelessly to understand how litigation affects his clients’ businesses and to develop creative recovery and trial strategies, often in their most complex disputes. He has represented defendants and plaintiffs in federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as in international arbitration.
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Grant Vinik
Grant Vinik has served as a trusted legal advisor and litigator on behalf of high-ranking government officials and senior executives of private companies for over 25 years. Grant most recently served for over two decades as a nonpartisan, in-house counsel to the United States Senate and its Members. In that office, Grant developed strong relationships with the leadership of both parties in advising Senators on the scope of their powers on a broad range of matters.
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Melissa Felder Zappala
Melissa Felder Zappala is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including antitrust, class actions, and business tort disputes. Over the last twenty years, she has anchored high-stakes trial teams for industry giants, including major technology companies. Outside of the courtroom, she has extensive experience conducting internal investigations for top corporations.
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Agbeko Petty
Agbeko Petty is a seasoned litigator with experience across private practice and all three branches of the federal government. Her practice focuses on complex commercial and government-facing litigation, strategic counseling, and crisis management. Her work spans white-collar and regulatory defense, internal investigations, sanctions enforcement and compliance, national security, and constitutional and administrative litigation.
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Bryon P. Becker
Bryon Becker has substantial experience in all aspects of litigation, including trial preparation and practice across several areas of law, with particular expertise in landmark and bet-the-company antitrust litigations spanning allegations of price-fixing, group boycott, market and customer allocation, and monopolization and attempted monopolization.
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Elizabeth Brandt
Elizabeth Brandt specializes in complex civil litigation, including multi-district litigation, mass torts, and Delaware commercial litigation. Her practice has also included shareholder derivative matters, securities class actions, internal investigations, and white-collar defense. Her clients have included companies in the fields of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, technology, professional sports, travel, finance, and logistics, among others.
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Benjamin J. Cabranes
Ben Cabranes represents clients in high-stakes disputes spanning antitrust, employment, and complex commercial litigation as well as in complex and often overlapping regulatory, internal, and congressional investigations. Ben also advises leading companies in the sports & entertainment, technology, energy, and healthcare sectors regarding regulatory compliance issues.
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Annelise Corriveau
Annelise Corriveau specializes in complex civil litigation, including class actions and civil trials, and has extensive experience representing leading technology companies in landmark antitrust, contract, and copyright disputes. Her practice has also included congressional investigations, shareholder derivative matters, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) matters, and white-collar defense.
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Lyle Gruby
Lyle Gruby is a former federal prosecutor specializing in internal investigations, white-collar defense, and commercial litigation, bringing extensive government enforcement experience to complex matters. Lyle spent more than four years as a trial attorney in the Civil Fraud Section of the Department of Justice, where he investigated and resolved more than a dozen Medicare fraud matters with total recoveries exceeding $120 million.
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Jenifer N. Hartley
Jen Hartley focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and regulatory investigations, with substantial experience briefing motions and appeals in federal and state courts, as well as before arbitral tribunals across the country. Her work has included issues involving contract interpretation, constitutional law, employment law, and fraud.
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Leah Hibbler
Leah Hibbler focuses her practice on commercial litigation and complex antitrust matters, representing clients, including leading technology companies, in high-stakes civil and criminal antitrust litigation, government investigations, and class actions. Her practice has also included politically sensitive, border-spanning regulatory matters, government investigations, and international torts, as well as shareholder derivative matters and securities class actions.
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Anita Liu
Anita Liu specializes in litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, with substantial experience in trial preparation and practice, including representing leading technology companies in landmark antitrust disputes. Anita has served as counsel to major technology companies in significant antitrust litigation matters, bringing expertise in complex trial preparation and appellate advocacy across multiple areas of law.
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Erica Spevack
Erica Spevack has significant experience representing technology companies and other corporate clients in antitrust and high-stakes disputes, with particular expertise in complex technology-focused litigation. Erica has played key roles in several landmark technology litigations and has taken multiple cases to trial. Her practice focuses on fast-moving and high-stakes trial preparation, and she has demonstrated a proven ability to manage trial teams preparing for and at trial and craft winning litigation strategies.
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Lanre Faderin
Lanre Faderin serves as DIR’s operations manager and law clerk. Having served most recently as Senior Director of West Wing Operations in the Office of the Vice President, she has extensive experience in leading high-impact initiatives, driving organizational improvements, and cultivating strategic partnerships to advance institutional priorities. She has held senior roles across the nonprofit sector and Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
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