Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Antitrust attorneys move to new firms, receive recognition, (Aug 1, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

Recently announced awards include the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators list.

Law firms have bolstered their antitrust practices with new hires. Meanwhile, antitrust attorneys have received recognition, including from Lawdragon.

New hires. Antitrust litigator David Marriott has jumped from Cravath, Swaine & Moore to Latham & Watkins. He joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Marriott “regularly handles precedent-setting antitrust litigation, and brings significant experience in intellectual property, complex commercial, and securities litigation matters,” according to Latham’s August 1 announcement.

Sumalya Ismail has joined Baker McKenzie as part of its U.S. antitrust team. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Ismail was a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

In other news, Gustafson Gluek welcomed Michael Warkel as a new associate. The Minneapolis-based firm said that Warkel brings a wealth of knowledge in antitrust and consumer protection issues. Warkel held a fellowship with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office through the American Bar Association’s Janet D. Steiger Award.

Recognition. Cadwalader was among a number of firms announcing recognition from the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators guide for its antitrust attorneys. Philip Lovieno, co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation and Antitrust Litigation Groups, was among those named to the list.

Also celebrating recognition by the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators guide was Cohen & Gresser. Melissa H. Waxman was among the honorees. Maxman, who is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, has decades of litigation experience at both the trial and appellate levels, primarily in the areas of antitrust, RICO, environmental law, complex commercial disputes, and white collar defense, according to the firm.

Six Weil partners were named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators list, including Andrew Tulumello. Tulumello, who is co-chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department, a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation and Appeals and Strategic Counseling practices, and serves on the Firm’s Management Committee, represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of types of complex litigation, including antitrust matters.

Winston & Strawn celebrated its attorneys who made the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators list. Among them were litigators who handle antitrust matters, including Jeffrey Kessler, Eva Cole, and Peter Crowther.

Mark Kelley, a litigator at MoloLamken, was recognized by the American Bar Association with the 2025 Top 40 Young Lawyers Award. Kelley has litigated disputes relating to employment, the False Claims Act, defamation, patents, trade secrets, product liability, malpractice, and antitrust, among other things, according to the firm.

Attorneys: David Marriott (Latham & Watkins LLP). (Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP). Sumalya Ismail (Baker McKenzie). Michael Warkel (Gustafson Gluek PLLC). Philip Lovieno (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP). Melissa H. Waxman (Cohen & Gresser LLP). Andrew Tulumello (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP). Jeffrey Kessler, Eva Cole, and Peter Crowther (Winston & Strawn LLP). Mark Kelley (MoloLamken LLP).

Companies: American Bar Assn.

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