Jackson Walker proudly announces the first-time ranking of the Antitrust practice and practice chair Edwin M. Buffmire in the Chambers USA Guide released today.

Each year, Chambers and Partners releases its flagship guides that identify leading practitioners and law firms in the United States and around the world through the culmination of thousands of interviews with attorneys and clients conducted by over 200 research analysts.

In the 2024 guide, Jackson Walker ranked among the top firms in Texas for Antitrust, with the following feedback provided by clients:

“Jackson Walker houses great attorneys.”

“The lawyers provide a fantastic service and they are very responsive.”

“The Jackson Walker lawyers are very good brief writers and know the subject matter.”

As the practice group leader, Edwin Buffmire was also recognized by Chambers as an Up and Coming attorney in this year’s rankings, with clients stating in interviews: “Edwin is very bright and has deep antitrust knowledge” and that he “has an expert brain.”

About Our Antitrust Team

Over the past century, antitrust law has exerted an ever-increasing influence on critical aspects of corporate and commercial strategy. Successful representation requires not only a keen understanding of antitrust laws, but a unique combination of business acumen and litigation experience. At Jackson Walker, we offer both litigation and advisory services regarding antitrust matters to businesses of all sizes across a variety of industries.

Drawing on the skills and experience of attorneys in our Corporate & Securities, White Collar Defense, and Intellectual Property practice areas, the Antitrust group boasts a proven track record of success. Recent highlights include:

• Edwin Buffmire leads the Jackson Walker team serving as lead trial counsel for Allied Orion Holdings, Crow Holdings, and Trammell Crow Residential Corp. in nationwide antitrust class actions, in which renters allege that property owners or managers worked with RealPage, Inc. to artificially inflate rental costs by fixing prices.
• Tré Fischer and the team’s critical leadership role in the joint defense group for Vistra Energy and Dynegy in the last remaining cases of numerous individual and putative class action cases filed in multiple states alleging the defendant natural gas trading companies engaged in a conspiracy to manipulate natural gas and electricity markets through alleged “wash sales,” “Churning,” false reporting, and other improper natural gas trading practices between 2000 and 2002. We continue to represent Dynegy and are awaiting the Seventh Circuit’s class decision, with proceedings stayed in the trial court.
• Edwin Buffmire and Elizabeth Pittman represent Renegade Insurance in a case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alleging naming violations of state and federal antitrust claims.

The firm is proud of the Antitrust team’s recognition along with first-time rankings in the areas of immigration, intellectual property, government relations, public finance, and white-collar litigation. For more information, view Jackson Walker’s announcement of the Chambers 2024 rankings and the firm’s Chambers profile.