Alanna C. Rutherford

Partner
New York City

t: 212 446 2387
f: 212 446 2350

arutherford@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Antitrust

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 2000; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Robert Fisk Fellow; Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review

Georgetown University, B.S.F.S., International Relations, 1997; Dean's List

Language Spoken

French

Clerkships

Hon. Charles Wilson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2000-2001

Admissions

New York and District of Columbia

United States Courts of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit

Alanna Rutherford is a partner at the Firm. Her primary areas of practice are antitrust and complex civil litigation. She has participated in a number of major litigations, including the trial teams for:

AIG v. Starr Int'l Corp., where BS&F obtained a jury verdict successfully defending the Starr charitable organization and Maurice "Hank" Greenberg against AIG's claim of $4.3 billion of stock in damages that it claimed Mr. Greenberg and Starr had promised and owed to AIG in trust;
SR Int'l Business Ins. Co. v. World Trade Center Properties LLC, where BS&F obtained a jury verdict in federal district court in 2004 on behalf of Lloyds of London in the World Trade Center insurance trial that helped determine whether the Silverstein Parties were entitled to one payout or two following the events of 9/11; and
In the Matter of New York Stock Exchange Archipelago Merger Litigation, where BS&F represented Goldman Sachs, who served as facilitator for the merger between the two exchanges. The case ultimately settled following the testimony of Goldman's key witness.

Ms. Rutherford also participated in crafting the legal strategy in American Express v. Visa & MasterCard, an antitrust case against the two dominate credit card organizations and several of the banks which issue their cards. The resolution of the case resulted in one of the largest case settlements in history with $4 billion to be collected by her client over time.

Ms. Rutherford continues to work for several of the Firm's major clients including American Express, Barclays Capital, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Goldman Sachs, and the New York Jets.

Prior to arriving at the Firm, Ms. Rutherford clerked for Judge Charles Wilson on the Eleventh Circuit.

Ms. Rutherford attended Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and senior editor of the Columbia Law Review, Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and the Institute of Political Studies ("Sciences Po") in Paris, France.

Ms. Rutherford is fluent in French and conversant in Spanish. She has lived in France, Jamaica, New Zealand, the Philippines, the United States and Zambia before college.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
New York City Bar Association