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Hamish P.M. Hume

Partner, Boies Schiller

202-274-1149hhume@bsfllp.com

1401 New York Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20005

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Hamish Hume is a member of Boies Schiller's Executive Committee, has served as lead counsel for many of the firm's most important clients, and has been honored as one of the leading lawyers in the country by Lawdragon. Independent Commentators have called him "a smart litigator who brings novel cases," and "a brilliant legal strategist."

Lawdragon Honors

Honor Year Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers 2026 Antitrust, Class Action Litigation
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2026 Litigation
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2026 General & Commercial Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2025 Commercial Litigation, inc. Antitrust
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers 2025 Antitrust, Commercial Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers 2025 Antitrust, Class Action Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2025 Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2025 General & Commercial Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2024 Commercial Litigation, inc. Antitrust
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2024 Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2024 General & Commercial Litigation
The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers 2023 Commercial Litigation, inc. Antitrust
The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2023 Litigation
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2022 General & Commercial Litigation
The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2022 Litigation
The 2013 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2013 Litigation
The 2012 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2012 Litigation

Hume has served as lead counsel in jury and bench trials worth billions of dollars and has argued and won numerous appeals. His high-profile successes include winning an $812 million jury award for investors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, developing the class action that resulted in the largest antitrust recovery without a government investigation, winning a novel government contracting case enforcing the commercial item preference rule for the first time, and leading the firm’s efforts on behalf of Barclays in matters relating to the Lehman Brothers collapse.

In addition to general commercial litigation, Hume’s practice includes antitrust law, administrative law, constitutional law, government contracts, healthcare, and gaming law.  

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The Architect of the Massive Antitrust Case Against Blue Cross Blue Shield

The Architect of the Massive Antitrust Case Against Blue Cross Blue Shield

Hamish Hume saw the potential for a sweeping antitrust case against the widespread network of insurance companies.

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