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Rakesh Kilaru<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rakesh specializes in delivering favorable results to clients at every stage of litigation in matters ranging from antitrust to product liability to consumer class actions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most recently, Rakesh was second-chair trial counsel for Microsoft in its successful defense against the FTC\u2019s challenge to the $69 billion acquisition of Activision. Rakesh directed the legal and expert strategy and handled several witnesses at trial, including Microsoft\u2019s CEO, Satya Nadella, and both of Microsoft\u2019s economic experts. Rakesh then served as lead counsel for Microsoft in the FTC\u2019s appeal in the Ninth Circuit.<\/p>\n

Rakesh also has helped deliver high-profile trial victories for Bayer and the NCAA; obtained significant summary judgment victories for Bayer and Georgia-Pacific; and secured full dismissal of a groundbreaking enforcement action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before any discovery was taken.<\/p>\n

In recognition of his diverse practice, Rakesh has been named a \u201cRising Star\u201d by the National Law Journal and by Law360 for Sports and Betting.\u00a0He was chosen as one of Bloomberg Law\u2019s \u201c40 Under 40,\u201d and Benchmark Litigation has identified Rakesh as a \u201cFuture Star\u201d and selected him to its \u201c40 & Under Hotlist\u201d four years in a row. He has also appeared on Lawdragon\u2019s \u201c500 Leading Lawyers in America\u201d and \u201c500 Leading Litigators in America\u201d lists for the last two consecutive years.<\/p>\n

Before joining the firm, Rakesh was a Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel in the Office of White House Counsel, where he provided legal advice and strategic counseling to the Obama Administration on its domestic policy agenda. He also helped to develop and implement the government\u2019s litigation strategy in cases arising under the Affordable Care Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. He is regularly consulted and quoted by the media as an expert on executive branch legal issues.<\/p>\n

Rakesh began his career clerking for Justice Elena Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.<\/p>\n

Rakesh is active in the legal community.\u00a0He sits on the Boards of the Legal Aid Society for the District of Columbia and the Second Look Project, and is an editor of the Green Bag.\u00a0He also serves on the Nominations Committee of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association-DC, and previously served as a Director of APABA-DC\u2019s Education Fund.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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