Principal of Los Angeles-based law firm Disner Law Corporation, Eliot Disner makes Antitrust Law understandable. Antitrust Trial Lawyer (millions in verdicts), former Chairman of California State Bar Antitrust Section, frequent speaker and commentator on Microsoft and other antitrust issues. Most recently, Disner has received public attention for his adherence to principle at the cost of losing his partnership in a major international law firm, McGuireWoods LLP, because he believed the firm was settling a significant class action, the BAR/BRI antitrust case, too cheaply - short changing some 300,000 young lawyers. As one observer put it: "[H]e is absolutely a stand up guy with a national reputation. The BarBri case was Disner's baby. McGuire will suffer more by losing such a skilled attorney"
Also, author of Antitrust For Business Lawyers (3rd ed. 2007) (www.ali-aba.org), and other litigation and antitrust law publications. He has been referred to as a "heavy hitter," a "bulldog trial lawyer," "name-brand" and an "antitrust guru" He also has been called an "idiot" for adhering to principle at the cost of losing his job. Also knowledgeable about intellectual property, franchise law, trial practice and federal courts.
