Ms Samantha Lerner > Winston & Strawn LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Winston & Strawn LLP
35 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, IL 60601-9703
ILLINOIS
United States
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Work Department

Complex Commercial Litigation

Position

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/maxfield-samantha-l.html

Co-chair of Winston’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice and co-leader of the Chicago Litigation Group, Samantha Lerner is a trial lawyer who concentrates her practice on complex commercial and patent litigation. Her lengthy service as chair of the Chicago office chapter of Winston’s Women’s Leadership Initiative demonstrates her commitment to advancing gender diversity and inclusion in the legal community.

Samantha has spent her career litigating complex commercial cases for Fortune 500 companies. She has represented clients in a variety of industries, including agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, financial services, healthcare, and insurance, and has litigated breach-of-contract, trade-secret-theft, Commodities Exchange Act, RICO, antitrust, employment, and fraud cases. Samantha has also represented clients in patent cases in courts across the country involving medical devices and instruments, telephone and computer technology, and pharmaceuticals.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes

Winston & Strawn LLP fields a deep bench of trial lawyers who are adept across all types of litigation, with a demonstrably strong track record acting as lead trial counsel, as well as MDL coordinating counsel, and on class actions and appeals. Praised for its ability to ‘collaborate seamlessly’, the practice group draws from the firm-wide strengths in M&A, finance, tax and real estate matters to undertake a broad range of disputes that arise out of these areas. Based out of Dallas and Chicago respectively, Thomas Walsh and Samantha Lerner co-chair the complex commercial litigation practice. Also in Chicago, Steve D’Amore is a key name for breach of contract, fraud, false advertising and RICO violations, whilst George Lombardi is an important name to note for patent litigation. Pre-eminent Chicago trial lawyer Dan Webb remains in high demand for major commercial, civil, regulatory, and white-collar criminal cases. Managing partner of the Dallas office Tom Melsheimer runs a broad practice which encompasses securities and IP litigation and trade secret matters, among other areas. In Houston, experienced litigator Denise Scofield comes highly recommended for being ‘very attentive and creative in her legal strategies’.