William Friedman is of counsel in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where he represents individuals and businesses in antitrust and class action litigation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, William worked as trial attorney for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led investigations and helped oversee precedent-setting disputes involving collusion in the meat industry, including United States v. Agri Stats, Inc. (D. Minn.) and United States v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. (D. Md.).
Before the DOJ, William was an associate at a highly regarded global defense firm, where he was a member of the firm’s antitrust trial and appellate teams and developed a specific expertise on the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law.
Before going into private practice, William was a law clerk for Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Willam was the winner of the Jerry S. Cohen Award, co-sponsored by Cohen Milstein and the American Antitrust Institute, for Best Publication of 2025 for Are Anticompetitive Contracts Enforceable? The Illegality Defense and Modern Anticompetitive Contracts, 110 Cornell L. Rev. 335 (2025)
