Denise Plunkett, Chair of Axinn’s Litigation practice, is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience handling an impressive array of high-stakes commercial disputes and high-profile antitrust cases. Denise has served as lead trial counsel in well over a dozen jury trials of varying types. She has successfully represented MasterCard in some of its most significant antitrust cases, including challenges to its currency conversion and chargeback practices, and recently won a federal jury trial concerning the termination of a Mastercard membership. Her diverse litigation and counseling practice includes trials and appearances in numerous federal and state courts, international and AAA arbitrations, advocacy before the FTC Bureau of Competition, and appellate and other post-judgment representations. 

As an experienced trial lawyer, Tom Rohback has had the privilege of representing some of the world’s most respected corporations and Am Law 100 law firms. With over 40 years of experience, Tom has litigated more than 30 jury and bench trials, and has led appeals and class actions in jurisdictions all over the country. During one year, he tried three federal court jury cases in a three-month period–and obtained a directed verdict in each case.