James (“Jimmy”) Attridge is an antitrust partner trusted to guide clients through cartel investigations, antitrust litigation, and complex merger reviews. With deep government experience across the Trump and Biden administrations – including as chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and a federal prosecutor – Jimmy has helped clients successfully navigate some of the most challenging government investigations and litigation.

John DeQ. Briggs is one of the most accomplished competition lawyers of his generation. Since 1973, John has been antitrust and litigation counsel of choice for dozens of major companies in the United States, Asia, Europe and Scandinavia. Client demand for his work has mainly focused on antitrust, M&A and complex civil litigation, including especially matters implicating shareholder liability and jurisdiction based on principles of veil piercing, agency and alter ego. Prior to joining Axinn, John served for more than 10 years as the Chair of the antitrust practice for Howrey LLP, during his tenure the largest private antitrust practice in the world. From 2009 until 2019 he was an adjunct Professor of International Competition Law at George Washington University.

Ian Swan is an associate in Axinn’s Intellectual Property group. His practice focuses on pharmaceutical and biotechnology-related patent litigation.

Caroline Boisvert is an associate in Axinn’s Antitrust and Litigation groups, representing clients in a wide variety of high-profile antitrust litigations and complex commercial disputes. For example, Caroline is currently representing Google in multidistrict antitrust litigation related to Google’s ad technology business and defending a global pharmaceuticals company against antitrust claims in one of the largest multidistrict litigations in the United States. She previously contributed to the successful defense of chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen against antitrust and defamation claims arising from the high-profile chess cheating scandal. Caroline also maintains an active pro bono practice assisting immigration clients, such as Afghan refugees, with asylum cases.

Maryanne Magnier is an associate in the Antitrust group. 

Scott Eisman leverages his deep government experience to advise on complex commercial litigation, appeals, and high-stakes investigations for financial institutions and major corporations.

James (“Jimmy”) Attridge is an antitrust partner trusted to guide clients through cartel investigations, antitrust litigation, and complex merger reviews. With deep government experience across the Trump and Biden administrations – including as chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and a federal prosecutor – Jimmy has helped clients successfully navigate some of the most challenging government investigations and litigation.

John DeQ. Briggs is one of the most accomplished competition lawyers of his generation. Since 1973, John has been antitrust and litigation counsel of choice for dozens of major companies in the United States, Asia, Europe and Scandinavia. Client demand for his work has mainly focused on antitrust, M&A and complex civil litigation, including especially matters implicating shareholder liability and jurisdiction based on principles of veil piercing, agency and alter ego. Prior to joining Axinn, John served for more than 10 years as the Chair of the antitrust practice for Howrey LLP, during his tenure the largest private antitrust practice in the world. From 2009 until 2019 he was an adjunct Professor of International Competition Law at George Washington University.