US: Boies, Schiller & Flexner elects new partners

Global litigation law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has elected eight counsel and associates to its partnership, effective January 1, 2016, at its offices in New York, Washington, Armonk, Miami, and Palo Alto.

“We congratulate these accomplished individuals on becoming partners,” Boies, Schiller & Flexner Chairman David Boies said. “Each of them is an outstanding lawyer who embodies the firm’s ability help its clients solve complex and multifaceted problems.”

The following lawyers in antitrust were elected partner:

Chris Belelieu is a litigator based in New York. His practice focuses primarily on complex commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities, antitrust, class actions, and contract disputes. In the past year, he has represented clients such as Goldman Sachs, Caithness Energy, Perella Weinberg Partners and WeWork.

Meredith Dearborn is a litigator based in Palo Alto. She focuses on intellectual property, antitrust, and other complex commercial matters, primarily serving high-tech clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been a key member of several jury-trial teams in federal court, including an antitrust matter in the portable music industry in which the firm won a complete defense verdict.

Ilana Miller is a litigator based in New York. She has represented clients in antitrust, securities, unfair competition, and general commercial disputes in federal and state courts and before regulatory agencies. She was part of the trial team that successfully demonstrated in the Court of Federal Claims that the United States Government had no legal authority to take equity from AIG shareholders during the financial crisis in 2008.