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He also provides mediation services, having completed a mediation program at the Straus Institute at the Pepperdine School of Law. Chad has been selected by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” numerous times.\nChad’s previous legal experience includes a position as a law clerk for the Honorable Philip R. Martinez, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (2005–2006); legal intern for The Honorable Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips of the Texas Supreme Court (2003); and a legal intern for Russell D. Hunt, Sr., a criminal defense attorney in Waco, Texas (2001). He has technical experience as a co-op engineer in the Software Engineering Group for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (2001), and a co-op engineer in the Systems Engineering Group (2000). 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Mass Torts\nCo-Counsel to TikTok in nationwide litigation in which individual plaintiffs allege personal injuries and school districts and other governmental entities allege economic damages arising from adolescent use of various online communications services, including in the In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Litigation MDL pending in the Northern District of California and the In re Social Media Cases JCCP pending in Los Angeles County.{{ FIELD }}PFAS Litigation - Represented chemical manufacturer in environmental and products liability litigation alleging groundwater contamination and personal injuries.{{ FIELD }}Represented multinational food processing company in environmental litigation alleging groundwater contamination and personal injuries.{{ FIELD }}In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico - National coordinating and trial counsel for BP in a portfolio of nearly 900 personal injury/ toxic tort lawsuits pending in federal court, obtaining hundreds of Daubert and summary judgment victories.{{ FIELD }}Abbott Laboratories - National counsel for Abbott in opioids litigation around the country, successfully obtaining dismissals including at state supreme courts.{{ FIELD }}Complex Commercial Litigation\nBP Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Litigation - Trial counsel for BP in complete defense jury verdict in South Carolina state court, defeating fraud and unfair trade practices act claims related to its recovery of money from state trust fund for remediating environmental contamination at its current and former service stations. National counsel for BP in similar multi-state litigation and government investigations alleging fraud, unjust enrichment, and statutory violations, successfully obtaining summary judgment victories and dispositive rulings.{{ FIELD }}Miller UK v. Caterpillar lnc.- Litigation counsel for plaintiff in a suit that resulted in the successful jury trial against Caterpillar Inc. in connection with Caterpillar's breach of contract and theft of trade secrets, culminating in a US$73.6 million verdict for Miller UK Ltd. The award in the five-year battle was believed to be the largest trade secret- misappropriation verdict in Illinois history at the time.{{ FIELD }}Philadelphia Energy Solutions - Represented the East Coast's largest refinery in a bankruptcy adversary lawsuit seeking business interruption and property damage coverage arising from a catastrophic explosion. Part of the case settled favorably before trial, and the remainder also settled favorably during trial.{{ FIELD }}In re Bracket Holding - Litigation counsel for plaintiff Bracket Holding Corp that resulted in a jury verdict of US$82.1 million. The jury found defendants committed fraud in selling a clinical trial software business by misrepresenting the financial condition of the company, causing Bracket to overpay for the company and suffer a substantial shortfall in working capital.{{ FIELD }}Universal American v. Partners Healthcare Solutions Holdings, LP et al.- Defended GTCR in breach of contract and fraud case seeking over US$200 million in damages in connection with the sale of its portfolio company.{{ FIELD }}Investigations\nConducted independent investigation for the University of Illinois into the management of sports injuries, scholarship renewals, and other player treatment issues on the football and women's basketball teams.{{ FIELD }}Conducted independent investigation and advised Board of beverage company related to allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior executive.{{ FIELD }}Conducted race-based pattern and practice investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department after the murder of George Floyd.{{ FIELD }}Represented institutions of higher education in investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Education related to allegations of discrimination.{{ FIELD }}Antitrust\nIn re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation - Counsel for Health Care Service Corporation in a series of putative class action lawsuits filed across the country, challenging the structure of the Blue System of health insurance under antitrust laws.{{ FIELD }}Eric White is a partner based in the Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group. He represents clients, including chemical, pharmaceutical, energy, and technology companies, in high-stakes mass tort and complex commercial litigation across the country.\nEric has experience as national coordinating and trial counsel in mediagenic mass and class actions, as well as individual actions.  Eric also represents clients in sensitive, high-profile investigations. He was recently named to Lawdragon's 2025 lists of \"500 Leading Litigators in America\" and “500 Leading Environmental Lawyers” and was recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as a \"Notable Black Leader and Executive\" and named to its 2024 \"40 Under 40\" list  Eric also has represented many pro bono clients, including the Minnesota Department of Human Rights in its investigation of race-based policing practices of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. He recently first chaired a Section 1983 federal jury trial, and secured a unanimous jury verdict on liability, compensatory and punitive damages against a prison warden.\nEric draws upon his experience as a sixth-grade teacher in a low-performing urban school during all aspects of his work, from making complex concepts easily understandable for jurors and stakeholders to leaning into highly-charged environments with grit and empathy. Partner 500 Leading Litigators in America  Lawdragon, 2024-2025 500 Leading Energy Lawyers Lawdragon, 2024 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers – The Green 500 Lawdragon, 2024-2025 X – The Next Generation Lawdragon, 2023 Next Generation Award Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), 2024 Notable Black Leader and Executive Crain’s Chicago Business, 2022 and 2024 40 Under 40 list Crain’s Chicago Business, 2024 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, 2022 40 Under 40: Nation’s Best Advocates National Bar Association, 2022 University of Florida Hall of Fame Inductee 2007 University of Florida Levin College of Law Northwestern University Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Illinois Texas Secretary and Director, Nourishing Hope Board of Directors Member, Northwestern Law Bluhm Legal Clinic Advisory Board Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Former Member, Teach for America Chicago-Northwest Indiana Auxiliary Board and Leadership Circle Former Member, Chicago Committee for Minorities in Large Law Firms Associate Board Product Liability \u0026amp; Mass Torts\nCo-Counsel to TikTok in nationwide litigation in which individual plaintiffs allege personal injuries and school districts and other governmental entities allege economic damages arising from adolescent use of various online communications services, including in the In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Litigation MDL pending in the Northern District of California and the In re Social Media Cases JCCP pending in Los Angeles County. PFAS Litigation - Represented chemical manufacturer in environmental and products liability litigation alleging groundwater contamination and personal injuries. Represented multinational food processing company in environmental litigation alleging groundwater contamination and personal injuries. In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico - National coordinating and trial counsel for BP in a portfolio of nearly 900 personal injury/ toxic tort lawsuits pending in federal court, obtaining hundreds of Daubert and summary judgment victories. Abbott Laboratories - National counsel for Abbott in opioids litigation around the country, successfully obtaining dismissals including at state supreme courts. Complex Commercial Litigation\nBP Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Litigation - Trial counsel for BP in complete defense jury verdict in South Carolina state court, defeating fraud and unfair trade practices act claims related to its recovery of money from state trust fund for remediating environmental contamination at its current and former service stations. National counsel for BP in similar multi-state litigation and government investigations alleging fraud, unjust enrichment, and statutory violations, successfully obtaining summary judgment victories and dispositive rulings. Miller UK v. Caterpillar lnc.- Litigation counsel for plaintiff in a suit that resulted in the successful jury trial against Caterpillar Inc. in connection with Caterpillar's breach of contract and theft of trade secrets, culminating in a US$73.6 million verdict for Miller UK Ltd. The award in the five-year battle was believed to be the largest trade secret- misappropriation verdict in Illinois history at the time. Philadelphia Energy Solutions - Represented the East Coast's largest refinery in a bankruptcy adversary lawsuit seeking business interruption and property damage coverage arising from a catastrophic explosion. Part of the case settled favorably before trial, and the remainder also settled favorably during trial. In re Bracket Holding - Litigation counsel for plaintiff Bracket Holding Corp that resulted in a jury verdict of US$82.1 million. The jury found defendants committed fraud in selling a clinical trial software business by misrepresenting the financial condition of the company, causing Bracket to overpay for the company and suffer a substantial shortfall in working capital. Universal American v. Partners Healthcare Solutions Holdings, LP et al.- Defended GTCR in breach of contract and fraud case seeking over US$200 million in damages in connection with the sale of its portfolio company. Investigations\nConducted independent investigation for the University of Illinois into the management of sports injuries, scholarship renewals, and other player treatment issues on the football and women's basketball teams. Conducted independent investigation and advised Board of beverage company related to allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior executive. Conducted race-based pattern and practice investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department after the murder of George Floyd. Represented institutions of higher education in investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Education related to allegations of discrimination. Antitrust\nIn re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation - Counsel for Health Care Service Corporation in a series of putative class action lawsuits filed across the country, challenging the structure of the Blue System of health insurance under antitrust laws.","searchable_name":"Eric White","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":446524,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":6933,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eArnoud Willems is a Partner in the International Trade Team of King \u0026amp; Spalding. Arnoud advises clients on all aspects of trade law, including trade remedies, customs, trade compliance, and trade agreements. With over 30 years of experience, he is a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs, executives, and diplomats with an unparalleled network. 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Arnoud's successes include the following ground-breaking cases:\n\nCase C-365/15 (interest in customs cases)\nCase T-460/14 (sweetcorn)\nCases C-659/13 (footwear Clarks)\nCases T-401/06 and C-249/10P (footwear Brosmann)\nCase T-107/08 (silico-manganese)\nCase T-314/06 (refrigerators)\nCase T-107/04 and T-151/06 (silicon)\nCase T-199/04 (bed linen)\nCase C256/16 (footwear)\nCase T-479/20 and C-517/22P (fasteners)\n{{ FIELD }}Arnoud Willems is a Partner in the International Trade Team of King \u0026amp; Spalding. Arnoud advises clients on all aspects of trade law, including trade remedies, customs, trade compliance, and trade agreements. With over 30 years of experience, he is a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs, executives, and diplomats with an unparalleled network. Arnoud deeply understands how trade rules shape global flows of capital, investment, goods, technology, and services, especially with respect to competitiveness, and the application of trade rules to various sectors. He helps clients navigate complex rules, manage their risks, and become more successful in their long-term strategy. \nArnoud has assisted complainants, respondents, associations, governments, importers, and users in more than 200 high-profile anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, safeguard, and anti-circumvention investigations. Along with representing clients in such cases before the European Commission, national and EU courts, he has worked on several third-country cases (Russia, China, Türkiye, Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil). Arnoud’s cases often involve pan-European strategies with simultaneous litigation in several countries.\nRegarding customs matters, Arnoud has broad experience in advising clients on EU customs issues, including entry, classification, valuation, origin, tariff suspensions, authorizations, audits, refunds/remissions and fraud allegations, notably OLAF and EPPO. A key aspect of his practice concerns working with EU and national authorities to help clients unlock customs issues or assist with resolving differences in approach between various EU member states.\nRegarding trade agreements, Arnoud advises clients on leveraging market access and enforcement tools provided by trade rules in the WTO, free trade, investment, and other agreements. With these tools, Arnoud has helped companies address key trade and regulatory barriers affecting their ability to move, sell and protect goods, services, and intellectual property across borders. To conclude, Arnoud has assisted governments and companies in negotiating trade agreements, especially in making them concrete, and by creating so-called gold standards by leveraging best practices.\nRecognized Band 1 International Trade/WTO — Chambers Global, 2006–2026\nRecognized as Global Elite Thought Leader in Trade \u0026amp; Customs Europe, Recommended in International Sanctions - Lexology Index, 2025-2026 Partner Recognized as Global Elite Thought Leader in Trade \u0026amp; Customs Europe, Recommended in International Sanctions Lexology I - 2025-2026 Recognized Band 1 International Trade/WTO Chambers Global - 2006-2026 Recognized Band 1 International Trade/WTO Europe-Wide Chambers Europe, 2008-2024 Clients praise Arnoud as \"a born strategist\", \"tenacious and strategic, well informed and respected, and pleasant to work with\", and that \"he masterminds all details and makes cases look simple and presents them convincingly. Perhaps most importantly, he delivers results\" Chambers Europe Recognized as Global Elite Thought Leader Trade \u0026amp; Customs Europe Lexology Index, 2025-2026 Clients praise Arnoud as “a top customs and trade attorney!\", \"one of the best in Brussels\", and \"is definitely a star\". Lexology, 2025 Awarded \"Client Choice Award\" for Trade and Customs Lexology, 2020 and 2021 Recognized for trade and customs, and for economic sanctions, with market sources praising him a \"rock when it comes to trade and customs work\", and a \"leading practitioner who is well respected for his deep customs experience\" Who's Who Legal, 2020   Admitted to Legal Hall of Fame for being among the top 10 best EU Trade lawyers Legal 500 Europe, 2007-2018 Recognized in Belgium since 2013 Best Lawyers Mentioned in list for EU court litigation work Financial Times Innovative Lawyers, 2017   Recognized as one of the top EU lawyers for economic sanctions and export controls, especially for the technology and finance sectors since 2014 WorldECR Leiden University  Brussels Rotary Club Tervuren (Brussels) – Former president The University of Maastricht; The Higher School of Economics in Moscow; Hong Kong University Law School – Guest Lecturer Commission on Customs and Trade Facilitation of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris – Member Commission on Trade and Investment Policy of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris – Member International Law Association – Member International Bar Association (Trade Committee) – Member Advised a global nuclear energy company on the development of an anti-subsidy risk assessment, including a compliance manual. Obtained positive results like the imposition of trade defense measures for clients, a suspension of duties for a mining client, avoidance of duties for a chemical client, price undertakings for solar panel clients, product exclusions for several clients, duty reimbursement for a silicon client, exemption certificates for anti-circumvention duties for electronics and bike clients, and duty refunds for shoe clients. Developed an anti-dumping compliance program for several raw materials clients. Advised a metal company on avoiding electricity cost adjustments in the dumping calculation, significantly lowering its duty. Advised several multinationals on customs matters in different EU Member States on processing authorizations for goods subject to trade policy measures. Assisted several companies with the classification and origin of their products, including through Binding Tariff Information and Binding Origin Information (rulings). 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Her patent infringement cases have been concentrated in the top patent litigation courts in the country and span a variety of technologies and industries including financial services, high tech, semiconductors, telecommunications, software, mobile applications, and consumer products.\nMost recently, she helped lead the antitrust trial brought by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports against NASCAR, a case that reshaped the sport of premier stock car racing and earned her Am Law Litigator of the Week recognition.\nBuilding on her MBA, Danielle is one of the firm’s go-to attorneys for damages issues. She regularly is brought in to develop damages strategy at all stages of cases, including at trial.\nDanielle is regularly recognized as a leading lawyer in industry publications and has been ranked in The Best Lawyers in America© for Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation since 2016 and Patent Litigation since 2017. She was recognized as an IAM Global Leader in 2026. She was listed in the 2022–2025 IAM Patent 1000, which commented that she is a “zealous litigator…with an abundance of trial experience” who “knows how to address key issues and make all the right strategic plays.”\nDanielle previously served as managing partner of a major Am Law 50 office and co‑chaired a global IP practice. She co‑founded the ChIPs Carolinas Chapter and has driven initiatives that strengthened pipelines across the profession.\nOutside of the law, she has served on many boards, including National Sports Media Association, Wake Forest University’s Face to Face, Salem Academy and College, NextNow for UNC School of Arts, and Brenner Children’s Hospital, among others.\nDanielle has first-chaired, led, and consulted in numerous litigations in multiple venues, including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals; the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals; the United States International Trade Commission (ITC); the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Federal District Courts in North Carolina (W.D.N.C., M.D.N.C., E.D.N.C.), Georgia (N.D. Ga.), California (N.D. Cal., C.D. Cal.), Texas (E.D. Tex., N.D. Tex. and W.D. Tex. including Waco), Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, New York; as well as arbitrations before the ICC and AAA. 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