Davis Polk partner and head of Litigation Jim Rouhandeh was profiled by AmLaw Litigation Daily as part of the publication’s Litigation Leaders series. In the Q&A, Jim discusses why he became a lawyer, what makes Davis Polk litigators unique, some of the team’s biggest wins from the past year – including a trial victory in a patent infringement case and the dismissal of criminal antitrust charges against an individual client – and the firm’s upcoming trial docket.

When asked about the hallmarks of Davis Polk’s litigators, Jim said, “Litigation is a group sport, and we work extremely well together at Davis Polk. We often are being asked to tackle issues of first impression, take on enormously complex matters and handle cases that will have enormous impacts on our clients. We come together and work as a team. When a client hires one of us, they get all of us, or at least those of us with the applicable experience for the particular matter. All of our clients are Davis Polk clients, not clients of individual partners.”

“Litigation Leaders: Davis Polk’s Jim Rouhandeh on Recruiting and Training Top-Flight Associates—’the Lifeblood of the Firm,’” AmLaw Litigation Daily (January 3, 2023)

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