Of counsel in the Antitrust Group at Paul, Weiss, Joseph Bial regularly represents clients in high-profile antitrust and commercial litigation in federal district and appellate courts, as well as before state and federal regulatory agencies. Bial also has extensive experience handling antitrust, international cartel and anti-monopoly cases in the United States, Europe and Asia. Clients have described Bial as “a terrific litigator; thoughtful, steady and thorough.”
Bial represents both defendants and plaintiffs in all varieties of antitrust litigation. With respect to litigation, Joe frequently represents defendants in government investigations into potential criminal price-fixing. He also represents defendants against antitrust class actions across many industries, including financial, pharma and manufacturing industries, among several others. Bial has also played a leading role in several high-profile monopolization cases on behalf of entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. He has also worked on numerous matters involving foreign jurisdictions, including throughout Europe and Asia.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers | 2025 | Antitrust & Commercial Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | Antitrust & Commercial Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | Antitrust & Commercial Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2022 | Antitrust & Commercial Litigation |
Bial also has extensive experience in merger reviews, with a particular focus on the underlying economic issues and related expert work. He has played a leading role representing companies in merger reviews in high-tech, airlines, healthcare and other industries.
Lawdragon has recognized Bial as “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.” Bial frequently writes and speaks on economic, competition and financial issues and has made numerous broadcast appearances, including on Bloomberg, FUJI TV (Japan) and international news channel NTN24.
Bial recently taught the introductory Econometrics course for Ph.D. students (in Economics) at George Mason University. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at George Mason School of Law, teaching Advanced Antitrust, and at the University of Alaska College of Business and Public Policy, teaching Business Law, as well as having taught microeconomics and macroeconomics prior to his legal career. Joe also worked as a stockbroker and later as an economist at the White House and has also testified as an economic expert and consulted as an economist. During law school, Joe was a research assistant to Nobel Laureate (in Economics) Ronald Coase at the University of Chicago.