About Steven Bizar

Steven E. Bizar, Co-Chair of the firm’s global antitrust/competition practice, is a first chair trial lawyer well regarded for his success in the defense of antitrust class action and Sherman Act cases and his trial of complex commercial disputes in court and before arbitrators. He has three decades of experience spanning a diverse range of antitrust, contract and business tort, government investigation, insurance and reinsurance, and securities and corporate governance matters. Mr. Bizar regularly represents multinational and domestic companies, partnerships, and individuals, including officers and directors, on issues arising across a broad spectrum of industries, including chemicals, banking and financial services, construction materials, health insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, wholesale distribution, gaming, agricultural products, technology, and telecommunications.

Mr. Bizar advises clients throughout the United States and around the globe on complex business disputes and litigates high-profile trial and appellate matters in federal and state courts and before arbitral tribunals. He has appeared in federal and state courts across the United States handling the trial and evidentiary hearing defense of multidistrict antitrust class actions, “bet-the-company” lawsuits, and contract and business tort disputes arising from clients’ commercial activities. As lead trial counsel, Mr. Bizar obtained a defense verdict following a six-week, billion dollar federal jury trial of an antitrust class action that exonerated his client of the charges it had participated in a conspiracy to reduce the domestic supply and raise the price of shell eggs. The class plaintiffs did not appeal the verdict as to Mr. Bizar’s client. In another significant recent win, Mr. Bizar secured a comprehensive jury verdict in favor of his client, a leading vendor finance company, in a Pennsylvania state court case arising from a former executive’s misappropriation of trade secrets and violation of contractual obligations related to his separation. Mr. Bizar also has substantial appellate experience and has secured wins in the areas of class certification, antitrust, securities fraud pleading standards, full faith and credit/res judicata and forum non conveniens. He has handled international arbitrations through to award under the procedural rules of leading arbitral institutions, including the AAA-ICDR and ICC. Mr. Bizar also represents clients in connection with government antitrust and securities fraud investigations, including criminal investigations, and in enforcement and other proceedings before agencies and self- regulatory organizations.

Mr. Bizar is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation, both invitation-only honorary organizations that use a rigorous vetting process to select legal professionals who have demonstrated outstanding skill and ability, as well as a dedication to advancing justice within their own communities and promoting the rule of law