Biography
Eric S. Hochstadt is a partner in Weil’s Litigation Department. Mr. Hochstadt’s practice focuses on civil antitrust, class action, and other complex and sports-related litigation, as well as criminal cartel investigations and antitrust counseling. He has represented clients in a broad range of industries, including broadcasting, e-commerce, electronics, financial services, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, private equity, publishing, retail, and transportation.
Mr. Hochstadt is recognized by Chambers USA as a “Leading” Lawyer for Antitrust in New York, by Legal500 as a “recommended” lawyer for Antitrust and General Commercial Disputes nationwide and a “Next Generation Lawyer” for the Sports industry, by Benchmark Litigation as a “Future Star,” and by Best Lawyers in America for Litigation - Antitrust. Additionally, Eric has been named to Lawdragon 500’s “Leading Litigators in America” guide. In 2019, Eric was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal. In 2018, Euromoney named him “Best in Litigation: General Commercial” in its inaugural “Americas Rising Stars Awards." Eric has also been named as a Recommended Competition Lawyer by Who’s Who Legal and listed twice as a “Rising Star” for Competition law and for Class Action litigation by Law360.
Mr. Hochstadt has extensive experience with consumer and antitrust class action litigation, as well as antitrust lawsuits and commercial disputes between rivals or suppliers and distributors. He has litigated in state and federal courts around the country and participated in confidential arbitrations. He has litigated numerous dispositive and strategic motions, appeals, and has facilitated a number of favorable settlements.
Mr. Hochstadt is a member of the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section of the New York State Bar Association. He also served as a leader on the Economics Subcommittee of the ABA Section of Litigation’s Expert Witness Committee. In addition, he served as Co-Chair of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Alumni Mentor Program for law students. Mr. Hochstadt also has served as a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School teaching an advanced seminar on “U.S. Civil and Criminal Enforcement of International Cartels.”
Mr. Hochstadt began his career with the firm in 2003, following the receipt of his J.D. degree, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a Notes Editor on the Cardozo Law Review. Mr. Hochstadt received his B.A. degree in Political Science, High Distinction, from the University of Michigan in 2000. From 2006-07, Mr. Hochstadt served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Loretta A. Preska, now Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.