Latham Antitrust Litigators Named to Bloomberg Law’s Unrivaled List of Top 25 Trial Lawyers

Leading first-chair litigators Larry Buterman, Global Chair of Latham’s elite Antitrust & Competition Practice and partner Chris Yates, were selected to Bloomberg Law’s prestigious Unrivaled list celebrating trial lawyers who “executed at game time” and “lead the legal profession in high-stakes trials” over the past two years. Now in its second year, Bloomberg Unrivaled honors just 25 trial attorneys for their excellence before judges and juries.

In the span of 12 months, Larry and Chris achieved the virtually unheard-of trial hat trick — together securing a complete jury verdict in New York federal court for the U.S. Soccer Federation and successfully resolving a high-profile antitrust dispute for client NASCAR — while separately also leading Latham trial teams to major victories for GTCR Holdings, first-chaired by Larry, and World Aquatics, first-chaired by Chris.

In their Bloomberg profile, Larry and Chris shared advice to lawyers looking to expand their trial advocacy toolkit while also offering courtroom-tested wisdom on strategies for successfully persuading a judge or jury to find for your client. The two also discussed their decisive and award-winning victory for U.S. Soccer in an enterprising-threatening antitrust case where an initial US$1 billion was at stake in addition to the future of professional soccer in the United States.