Pfeiffer, Al

Al Pfeiffer

Retired Partner

Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr., retired from the partnership in September 2026. Al was the former Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Litigation & Trial Department and former Co-Chair of the Antitrust & Competition Practice, and represented clients in civil antitrust matters and other complex commercial disputes.

Al, a trial lawyer, represented Fortune 500 companies across industries in high-stakes antitrust and complex commercial litigation. Drawing on more than 30 years of trial experience, he guided clients to successful resolutions, regularly winning at all stages of litigation, including when cases went to trial. He had developed a particular focus on antitrust claims involving dominant firm conduct.

Al’s work included representing clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in dozens of jurisdictions across the country, including:

  • Federal district courts
  • United States Courts of Appeal for the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits
  • Arbitration tribunals

He had also successfully represented clients involved in investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice and the California Attorney General.

Al’s work had earned widespread recognition from legal publications including:

  • Chambers USA
  • Legal 500 US
  • Who’s Who Legal 2022, Recommended - Competition (Global Leader)
  • Benchmark Litigation, named as a Litigation Star
  • The Deal, named as a “Mover and Shaker”
  • Billboard, named as a Top Music Lawyer
  • Global Competition Review, Lawyer of the Year Award – Finalist
  • Best Lawyers, listed in the Antitrust Law category every year since 2008
  • Best Lawyers, San Francisco, Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year 2012
  • Law360, Antitrust MVP 2011
  • California Lawyer, Lawyer of the Year 2000

Leadership

Al had been active for many years in the leadership of the ABA’s Section on Antitrust. He served on the Long Range Planning Committee and previously served on the leadership Council, as chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, on the Committee Operations Task Force, and as chair of the Communications Industry Committee. He co-authored the ABA Antitrust Section’s Telecom Antitrust Handbook.

Education

  • JD, Yale Law School, 1985
  • BA, St. Joseph's University, 1982