Carsten Reichel > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

The ‘very diligent, knowledgeable, attentive, and easily accessible’ antitrust team at DLA Piper LLP (US) represents individual executives, insurance companies, and healthcare sector players in the full range of class actions and civil antitrust litigation. John Hamill now heads the practice from the Chicago office and excels in representing clients across the full spectrum of commercial litigation, including antitrust issues and unfair competition matters. The ‘outstanding and efficient’ David Hamilton joined the firm’s Baltimore office from Womble Bond Dickinson in February 2023; Hamilton has a broad practice spanning monopolization, price-fixing, and cartel litigation. Brian Boyle, in Philadelphia, represents corporate clients as plaintiffs and defendants in cartel, merger, and pricing conduct antitrust mandates, while Washington DC-based litigator David Bamberger is a key contact for class actions. The growing team saw its East Coast offering further expanded with the January 2024 arrivals of former FTC attorney Amanda Wait, investigations expert Vic Domen, and former federal prosecutor Carsten Reichel from Norton Rose Fulbright; all are based in Washington DC. Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey left the firm in January 2024.

Noted by clients for providing ‘expertise, results, and industry knowledge’, DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s antitrust practice welcomed the arrival of experienced litigator David Hamilton in Baltimore from Womble Bond Dickinson in February 2023, New York-based Amadeu Ribeiro from Mattos Filho in October 2023, as well as the arrival of former federal DOJ prosecutor Carsten Reichel in Washington DC, who joined the team together with other antitrust lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright in January 2024. Contributing to the firm’s international capabilities, Ribeiro has significant experience working matters with ties to Latin America, while Reichel represents corporations and individuals in antitrust investigations and intertwined civil litigation, and is also recommended for developing compliance programs to mitigate cartel-related risks. With a specialism in highly-regulated industries such as healthcare, insurance and life sciences, John Hamill in Chicago is at the helm of the practice, and well known as an experienced first chair trial lawyer. Allissa Pollard left the firm in June 2023. Former practice head Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey left the firm in January 2024, Matthew Jacobs departed in February 2025.