Adeel Mangi is the Chair of the Trial Practice at Linklaters. For four consecutive years (2023-2026), Benchmark Litigation has named Adeel to its lists of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” in the U.S., which consists of “partners who have been venerated by peers and clients as being the best in breed at the nuanced practice of trial law . . . based on an intensive peer-and-client review." Benchmark Litigation also named Adeel as a Litigation Star for each of the last four years (2023-2026) and has noted that peers describe Adeel as “meticulous and relentless,” and “an unflappable whiz at everything he does.”
Adeel was nominated to the Third Circuit by President Biden. That nomination expired without a vote in the United States Senate after the 2024 presidential election. Adeel was the first Muslim-American ever nominated to a Circuit Court of Appeals. He wrote a letter to President Biden regarding his nomination that was described by one commentator as “required reading for anyone who wants to know how to deal with opponents of pluralism, diversity, and democracy.” Adeel has received many professional awards and is currently nominated as one of three finalists for the New Jersey Law Journal’s 2025 Attorney of the Year.
Adeel secured the largest jury verdict in the history of the Virginia court system with a $2 billion verdict after a seven-week jury trial in a case involving theft of trade secrets in the software industry—the case is now on appeal. Adeel also secured the largest settlement with New York state in history in cases involving the death of a state prison inmate, on the morning of closing arguments after a two-and-a-half week jury trial in the Southern District of New York. Adeel leads trial teams in commercial litigations and arbitrations around the country.
Updated Oct 2025
