Brian J. Smith

About Brian J. Smith

I am a Partner in the Chicago office of K&L Gates LLP, and a member of the firm’s Antitrust, Competition & Trade Regulation practice group. I focus my practice on complex civil and criminal litigation, government enforcement, and white collar criminal defense, which entails conducting and managing corporate internal investigations, and counseling U.S. and foreign corporate clients and senior executives through government investigations and follow-on class action litigation.Our Chicago team has been recognized as the “Cartel & Trade Regulation Law Firm of the Year in Illinois” by the international review and assessment programs of both Corporate INTL Magazine and Global Law

Experience

1. Partner

   Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

  J.D., cum laude

  2015

• Illinois State University

  B.A., English Language & Literature, summa cum laude | B.A., Education (Secondary), summa cum laude

  2006

• Dartmouth College

  M.A., Humanities, summa cum laude

  2009

Skills

• Teaching
• Writing
• Legal Writing
• Editing
• Education
• Proofreading
• Lexis
• Copy Editing
• Legal Research
• Westlaw