Tamar Lusztig is a seasoned trial lawyer with substantial courtroom experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts across the country. Lusztig represents her clients at trial and on appeal in a wide variety of matters concerning intellectual property, antitrust, commercial contracts, and other high-stakes, complex issues.
Lusztig has amassed an impressive docket of high-profile cases, often facing off – and prevailing – against opponents with substantially more resources than her clients. Tamar’s clients and colleagues look to her for her creative problem-solving, strategic acumen, and judgment to help secure victory in bet-the-company cases.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2026 | Commercial Litigation |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers | 2026 | Complex Litigation, Antitrust, IP |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | IP Litigation, Antitrust, Plaintiff |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers | 2025 | Complex Litigation, Antitrust, IP |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | IP Litigation, Antitrust, Plaintiff |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Commercial Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Commercial Litigation |
Lusztig is no stranger to securing massive wins for her clients, winning nearly $2 billion in trial verdicts and judgments in 2024 alone. In 2024 she won a $1.6 billion bench trial verdict for client BML Properties in New York’s Commercial Division on fraud and breach of contract claims against China Construction America (CCA) arising out of the development of the Baha Mar casino and resort. Playing a key role at trial, Lusztig led the damages portion of the case, examining her team’s expert and cross-examining CCA’s expert, ultimately achieving 100% of her client’s ask. She also cross-examined a high-level executive from CCA. Her work in the matter had a major impact on the enormous result the Court held was compelled by the fraud “established beyond doubt” by Lusztig and her colleagues. Read more. The judgment was affirmed in full on appeal by the First Department in April 2025.
Lusztig has also won multiple jury verdicts on behalf of Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN N.V. (“KPN”). In a recent contract matter against Samsung, she secured a $341 million victory, in which the jury awarded every penny of the damages model Lusztig presented after deliberating for less than three hours. The prior year she helped to win a $31.5 million jury victory against Swedish giant Ericsson over patent infringement claims relating to telecommunications networks. In that trial, Lusztig put on KPN’s entire damages case, including directing the examination of KPN’s expert and cross examining Ericsson’s damages expert.
Lusztig previously represented New York University in a lawsuit brought by FASORP, a Texas organization that claimed the university discriminated against white men. Lusztig briefed, argued, and won the case on the pleadings before the district court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. You can read the Second Circuit’s precedential decision here, listen to Tamar’s winning argument here.