Winston Partners Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2024 40 & Under List

Nine Winston & Strawn partners have been recognized on the 2024 Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under List. The annual list aims to recognize the best and brightest litigators under the age of 40 across the United States and Canada.

Northeast

• Sofia Arguello focuses her practice on civil antitrust litigation, international cartel investigations led by enforcement agencies around the world, white collar criminal defense, and corporate internal investigations focusing on anti-corruption and FCPA compliance issues.
• Claire Fundakowski practices patent litigation and appeals with an emphasis on the pharmaceutical and medical device sector. She also routinely advises clients on competitive product development strategies in view of Orange Book patent listings and FDA regulations.

South

• Robine Morrison Grant focuses her practice on high-stakes contract, trade secrets, securities, False Claims Act, product liability, defamation, and tortious interference matters. She has a breadth of hands-on experience in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters.
• Imad Khan is an international disputes lawyer who represents and advises sovereigns, multinational companies, state-owned entities, and intergovernmental organizations through all aspects of international dispute resolution.
• Jeff Wilkerson focuses on complex litigation and client counseling. He works with his clients to develop and execute litigation and pre-litigation strategies that advance and protect their interests. He has significant experience in all aspects of class action defense, investigations, and appeals.

Midwest

• Ben Ostrander litigates and facilitates resolution of high-stakes employment and business disputes, with an emphasis on competition and trade secrets matters.
• Sean Suber is a trial and appellate lawyer who focuses his practice on complex litigation, class actions, product liability, and mass tort matters. He guides clients through all phases of litigation in the consumer products, media & entertainment, technology, and health care industries.

West

• Kevin Simpson’s practice encompasses complex commercial disputes, class-action litigation, state law tort claims, and internal investigations. He has deep experience defending companies in consumer privacy lawsuits and advising companies on compliance with federal and state privacy laws.
• Jeffrey Steinfeld is a trial lawyer practicing at the cutting edge of securities litigation, shareholder and derivative actions, and white collar and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement defense.

View the full list of 40 & Under honorees here.