Tanya S. Chutkan

Partner
Washington, DC

t: 202 237 2727
f: 202 237 6131

tchutkan@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Antitrust

White-Collar/Business Crimes

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1987; Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Fellow

The George Washington University, B.A., Economics, 1983

Admissions

District of Columbia and Pennsylvania

United States District Courts: District of Columbia

Tanya Chutkan specializes in litigation and white collar criminal defense.

Ms. Chutkan's recent cases include the trial of two federal antitrust class actions on behalf of plaintiff classes, In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation (D.D.C. 2003), which resulted in an award of $149.5 million, and In re Scrap Metal Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ohio 2006), which resulted in an award of $34.5 million. Currently, she represents plaintiff classes in three pending class actions in federal courts in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and New York, and is representing a multinational corporation in a Department of Justice grand jury investigation. She has also defended individuals as well as corporations in SEC and Department of Justice investigations and in securities and antitrust litigation.

Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Tanya was a trial attorney and supervisor with the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, where she tried over 50 jury trials, including numerous serious felony cases and complex white collar matters. She also argued several appellate cases. Ms. Chutkan tried and won acquittal in the first blackmail case to go to trial in the District of Columbia and also won the first known acquittal in the District of Columbia against DNA evidence.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers