Sheppard Mullin Welcomes Business Trial Partner Tom Panoff
21 Mayo 2024 - 10:55AM
Business Wire
Firm Continues Chicago Office Expansion;
Deepens Financial Services, Fintech and Antitrust Litigation
Capabilities
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to
announce that partner Tom Panoff has joined the firm’s Business
Trial practice group in Chicago. Panoff joins from Mayer Brown LLP
where he was a partner and leader of the firm’s antitrust financial
services and insurance industry team and co-leader of the banking
and finance litigation group. Panoff is the fifth partner to join
in Chicago this year.
Panoff’s national practice focuses on complex commercial and
antitrust litigation involving financial services, fintech,
alternative investment funds and multinational companies. He also
frequently conducts internal investigations for companies and
boards of directors. Panoff regularly appears before trial and
appellate courts across the country, having led litigation and
investigations in over 30 states.
“Tom is a sophisticated trial lawyer with an impressive roster
of clients,” said Luca Salvi, chair of Sheppard Mullin. “We have
been looking to expand our litigation practice in Chicago, and his
skills, experience and reputation in the city among financial
institutions make him another key addition to our firm.”
Sascha Henry, co-leader of Sheppard Mullin’s Business Trial
practice group, added, “Tom’s reputation in the legal community and
among sophisticated financial clients precedes him and will help us
strategically expand our litigation practice regionally and
nationally.”
Panoff has advised leading financial institutions, fintechs,
mortgage lenders and alternative investment funds in some of their
most complex and high-profile litigation, including class actions,
multidistrict litigation, RICO, conspiracy, fraud, false claims,
securitization, bankruptcy and discrimination matters. His
antitrust practice includes representation of financial services,
private equity, hedge fund, healthcare, chemical, pharmaceutical,
steel, automotive and consumer goods companies in claims involving
alleged price fixing, market allocation, attempted monopolization
and tying.
Panoff earned his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan, his
J.D. from Harvard Law School and his LL.M. from Cambridge
University. He served as a law clerk to Michigan Supreme Court
Justice Robert P. Young, Jr. from 2004-2005. He has served on the
Board of Directors for the Chicago Bar Foundation since 2017 and
will serve as its President starting in 2025.
About Sheppard Mullin’s Business Trial Practice Group
Litigation has been a core part of Sheppard Mullin since 1927. Our
Business Trial practice today consists of approximately 250
attorneys globally. Sheppard Mullin litigators possess exceptional
trial and appellate skills, in-depth knowledge of state and federal
courts at all levels, and practical business judgment, all of which
contribute to our consistent delivery of cost-effective results.
Our litigators represent clients in a broad spectrum of industries
such as computers and information technology, financial services,
aerospace, manufacturing, entertainment, transportation,
communications, pharmaceuticals, advertising, print and broadcast
media, franchising, petroleum production and refining, real estate,
insurance, construction, and food and beverage manufacturing, among
others.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard Mullin is a full-service AmLaw 50 firm with more than
1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe
and Asia. Since 1927, industry-leading companies have turned to
Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters,
high-stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the
U.S., the firm's clients include nearly half of the Fortune 100.
For more information, please visit www.sheppardmullin.com.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240521136105/en/
JILL SCHACHNER (312) 499-0558
jschachner@sheppardmullin.com
LORENA LOPEZ (619) 338-6650
ilopez@sheppardmullin.com