Two First-Chair Trial Lawyers Named to Crain’s Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law List

Mary Rose Alexander, Managing Partner of Latham's Chicago office, and Sean Berkowitz, Executive Committee member and former Global Chair of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, have been named to the Crain’s Chicago Business 2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law list, which honors industry leaders who are involved in nearly every facet of business in Chicago.

Mary Rose’s Crain’s profile spotlights a number of her high-profile litigation successes, including achieving the first complete jury verdict for Dow in an environmental dispute dating back more than 25 years as well as her continued success for Netflix, securing more than 20 victories in state and federal trial, appellate, and supreme courts in 15 putative class actions brought by municipalities in 13 different states.

Sean’s Crain’s profile highlights multiple victories, including his winning representation of Gary Winemaster, the former CEO and founder of Chicagoland’s Power Solutions International, Inc., in a criminal, four-week bench trial against the DOJ as well as his work securing the full acquittal of former Hilary Clinton campaign lawyer and former Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussman in a two-week jury trial in federal court.