Michael Hausfeld

Michael D. Hausfeld, chairman and founder of Hausfeld LLP, is known as one of the top civil litigators in the United States.

Michael Hausfeld's career as a civil litigator has included some of the largest and most successful lawsuits. His areas of focus span civil and human rights, discrimination, mass torts, sports and entertainment, and antitrust/competition law.

Michael Hausfeld's work and dedication to social justice has led to successful outcomes for cases involving Native Alaskans whose lives were affected by the horrific 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, African American employees of Texaco, Inc who were unfairly treated due to their racial identity, Holocaust victims whose assets were unjustifiably held by Swiss banks during World War II, and the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Ukraine and the Russian Federation on issues of slave and forced labor for both Jewish and non-Jewish victims of Nazi persecution.

Moreover, Michael Hausfeld has represented individuals, businesses and classes in matters involving monopolization, tying arrangements, exclusive dealing and price-fixing. Michael Hausfeld's achievements led to his membership on the ABA Antitrust Section's Transition Taskforce. The taskforce counseled then President-Elect Barack Obama. Michael Hausfeld has also led antitrust cases against manufacturers of genetically engineered foods, managed healthcare companies, bulk vitamin manufacturers, technology companies and international industrial cartels. Currently, Michael Hausfeld is involved in investigations of antitrust cases abroad, as well as leading efforts to enforce competition laws on a global scale.

Michael Hausfeld's expansive expertise has earned him praise from many media outlets. The National Law Journal has recognized him as one of the “Top 100 Influential Lawyers in America” and the Legal Times named Mr. Hausfeld among the top 30 “Visionaries” in the Washington legal community in 2008. The New York Times referred to Mr. Hausfeld as one of the nation's “most prominent antitrust lawyers,” and in 2009 the Washingtonian named him one of thirty “Stars of the Bar.” Most recently, the Global Competition Review stated that Hausfeld LLP “is clearly recognized as one of the best plaintiffs firms in the country.” In the past, the magazine has reported that he “consistently brings in the biggest judgments in the history of law” and that he is “a Washington lawye