BART H. WILLIAMS
Partner; Los Angeles Office Head; Global Chair, Litigation Department
Proskauer Rose LLP
Anationally renowned trial lawyer, Bart Williams is chair of Proskauer’s Litigation Department and head of its Los Angeles office. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations. A longtime member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Williams boasts an impressive track record of victories in both jury and bench trials nationwide. His legal prowess has made him the trusted trial counsel for numerous Fortune 500 companies, providing invaluable litigation and counseling services in high stakes, high-profile matters. Williams is known for his ability to deliver a win, and is often called upon just months or weeks before a trial.
Williams was lead trial counsel for Gilead Sciences in securing a significant trial victory in a $3.6 billion antitrust case on allegations that the pharmaceutical company struck an anticompetitive “pay-for-delay” patent settlement related to two of Gilead’s HIV medications, Truvada and Atripla.