Allison B. Smith represents clients across industries in complex antitrust litigation and investigations.

Allison's experience spans a variety of antitrust claims, including:

  • Class actions
  • Government enforcement actions
  • Merger challenges
  • Business-to-business litigation

Prior to law school, Allison worked in economic and financial consulting. She has extensive experience working with expert economists. Before entering private practice, Allison worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith of the US District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia.

Allison's experience includes advising:

  • Google in antitrust suits brought by the US Department of Justice and State Attorneys General*
  • Samsung Electronics in antitrust conspiracy claims related to optical disk drives*
  • AT&T and Time Warner in merger challenge brought by the US Department of Justice*
  • Medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard in antitrust suit brought by competitor AngioDynamics*
  • Seagate Technology in antitrust claims against manufacturers of components used in hard drives*
  • Hospital groups in potential acquisitions*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Education

  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2015
    Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review, Order of the Coif
  • BS in Economics & Political Science, Duke University, 2009
    cum laude, with high distinction
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October 27, 2025 Recognition

Litigators of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs — EssilorLuxottica

A Latham antitrust team led by partners Chris Yates, Belinda Lee, Ashley Bauer, and Alicia Jovais, earned recognition in The American Lawyer’s Litigators of the Week column for their success defending EssilorLuxottica in an antitrust class action.