Anna M. Rathbun > Latham & Watkins LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
330 NORTH WABASH AVENUE
SUITE 2800
CHICAGO IL 60611
ILLINOIS
United States

Position

Anna Rathbun represents companies in high-stakes antitrust litigation and investigations.

Anna combines extensive trial experience with her ability to craft holistic litigation strategy to help clients achieve optimal results in a wide variety of criminal and civil antitrust matters, including:

    • Government investigations by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, and global antitrust regulators
    • Class actions
    • Business-to-business litigation
    • Merger challenges

She leads clients through a dynamic regulatory landscape and positions clients for success in the face of uncertainty. Anna works closely with antitrust colleagues across the firm’s global platform, particularly in Brussels and London, to align on strategic considerations for parallel proceedings.

Anna maintains an active pro bono practice, including leading the Latham trial team that, after a week-long evidentiary hearing, secured federal habeas relief for an inmate on Alabama’s death row, for which the team received the 2022 Robert M. Dell Prize for Extraordinary Pro Bono Service.

Before law school, Anna served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense

Latham & Watkins LLP ‘s ‘top notch antitrust and civil litigation attorneys’ deploy their antitrust expertise across a range of matters, with particular skill in handling cases concerning algorithmic price fixing and the sports sector. The practice is set up to represent clients facing actions in the US and abroad, working with its teams in Brussels and further afield to assist with investigations and litigation arising thereof. The practice is led in tandem by Washington DC’s Amanda Reeves, who assists clients hailing from a range of industries when facing monopolization claims, while Belinda Lee represents clients facing unfair competition claims and consumer class actions out of the San Francisco office. Christopher Yates, also based in San Francisco, defends clients in the face of aftermarket monopolization claims and antitrust matters in the sport and entertainment industries, with Washington DC-based Jennifer Giordano handles class actions linked to both monopolies and monopsonies, price fixing and tying allegations. Al Pfeiffer is counsel of choice for a number of Fortune 500 companies in dominant firm conduct proceedings, with Aaron Chiu advising clients in the digital and sports fields on antitrust matters; both are based in San Francisco. Made partner in January 2023, Anna Rathbun in Washington DC handles DOJ and FTC investigations, as well as cases before other foreign regulators.