Partner, O’Melveny & Myers

Corporate titans, industry leaders, and entertainment A-listers call on Petrocelli to tackle their legal matters. Named 2020 “Litigator of the Year” by American Lawyer and honored among the “Lawyers of the Decade” by the Daily Journal, he is widely recognized as one of the nation’s top trial lawyers. Petrocelli is best known for his $33.5 million win in a civil case against O.J. Simpson, his courtroom triumph on behalf of Fox that stopped Netflix’s executive poaching and his victory for AT&T and Time Warner in the “antitrust trial of the century.” Petrocelli serves as chair of O’Melveny’s Trial Practice and is a vice chair of the firm.

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