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Carol Szurkowski Weiland

Special Counsel

Washington +1 202 662 5124

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  • Representative Matters
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  • About

    Carol Weiland represents clients in a variety of complex antitrust and litigation matters. She has particular experience defending financial institutions and innovator pharmaceutical companies in antitrust class actions and multi-district litigations.

    Areas of Expertise

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  • Representative Matters
    • Obtained dismissal of sham litigation claims against a leading pharmaceutical company.
    • Filed amicus briefs in various cases on behalf of a pharmaceutical industry association in federal courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
    • Representing a leading financial institution in nationwide antitrust class action involving interest rate derivatives.
    • Representing a leading financial institution in nationwide antitrust class action involving U.S. Treasury securities.
    • Defeated a putative class action by obtaining summary judgment on claims accusing a leading lending institution of fraud and deceptive practices to enroll customers in lending products.
    • Represented a leading lending institution in arbitration proceeding alleging violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
    • Represented clients in connection with civil and criminal investigations before the DOJ and state attorney general’s offices.
    • Represented social media company in federal antitrust lawsuit alleging monopolization and tying claims.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Dartmouth College, A.B., 2009
        • magna cum laude
        • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2014
        •  Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Texas
    Government Experience
    • U.S. Senate
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Dennis W. Shedd, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2014 - 2015
    Pro Bono
    • Briefed and argued an appeal as amicus curiae in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding the denial of a petition for expungement of a criminal record.
    • Prepared Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of family members of soldiers named on the Peace Cross in American Legion v. American Humanist Association (No. 17-1717).
    • Prepared Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of 207 Members of Congress in Zubik v. Burwell (No. 14-1418).
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Federalist Society, Member 
    Previous Experience
    • Senate Judiciary Committee, Special Counsel, Judicial Nominations Unit
    • United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Legal Intern
    • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Legal Intern

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