Joseph J. Bial

Joseph J. Bial is an Of Counsel attorney in the Antitrust Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where his practice primarily focuses on high-profile antitrust and commercial litigation in federal district and appellate courts. He also handles international cartel and anti-monopoly cases, as well as merger reviews, representing both defendants and plaintiffs across various industries, including financial, pharma, manufacturing, and high-tech. His experience extends to government investigations into potential criminal price-fixing and antitrust class actions.

While Mr. Bial's professional profile prominently features his antitrust and commercial litigation expertise, his single tracked appearance in patent litigation is for the defendant in Almondnet, Inc. et al. v. AT&T Inc. The Almondnet cases generally involve patents related to online behavioral targeting and internet advertising infrastructure. However, public information does not suggest patent litigation as a core or specialty area of his practice. His engagement in this case was on the defendant side.

Mr. Bial's public profiles do not indicate regular involvement in PTAB or IPR proceedings. He joined Paul, Weiss in 2016.

He earned his J.D. with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2001 and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Arizona (1998). He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.