Amanda Bonn is a partner with Susman Godfrey and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Described by clients in Chambers USA 2024 rankings as “really good on her feet,” “very smart and capable,” and “excellent in trial and cross-examination,” Bonn handles some of the most groundbreaking and newsworthy litigation in California and across the country.
Bonn’s unique ability to master diverse subject matters has allowed her to successfully represent both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of practice areas including antitrust, appellate, class action, employment, intellectual property, privacy, qui tam, and securities litigation. Bonn’s versatility is evident in her wide-ranging practice in cases with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars at stake.
In June 2024 Bonn and a team from Susman Godfrey obtained a victory after 3 weeks of trial with a jury finding the NFL engaged in a conspiracy and violated the antitrust laws through its Sunday Ticket offering. The jury awarded $4.7 billion damages, which the trial court vacated on a post-trial motion, while leaving untouched the jury’s determination that the NFL violated two different provisions of the Sherman Act. Proceedings in the matter are ongoing. Bonn delivered opening statements at trial among other major responsibilities.
In FSG Services LLC v. Flutter Entertainment PLC, Bonn secured a favorable award for Flutter Entertainment when an arbitrator in New York nearly doubled the exercise price its opponent, FOX Corporation, sought for its option to acquire 18.6% of Flutter’s portfolio company, FanDuel Group.
As co-lead counsel to plaintiffs in State of California et al. v. Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless et al—a whistleblower case accusing the major wireless carriers of fraudulently overbilling the government—Bonn supervised a wide-ranging, multi-year effort to hold some of the nation’s most powerful companies accountable. After years of tenacious litigation, Bonn’s team secured settlements worth a combined $175 million against AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint on behalf of hundreds of California and Nevada government entities. These settlements are believed to be the largest of their kind in California.
NBCUniversal hired Bonn to turn things around after its subsidiary, Universal Cable Productions, lost a major insurance dispute with Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. As lead appellate counsel, Bonn turned a total loss into a complete victory, obtaining a widely-covered and precedent-setting insurance win at the Ninth Circuit. As co-lead trial counsel, Bonn continued racking up victories in the district court upon remand, securing a rare plaintiff-side summary judgment on liability, and positioning the case for a trial solely on the issues of damages and whether the insurance company acted in bad faith. The night before trial in which Bonn was slated to deliver closing arguments, the case settled on confidential terms.
Updated Oct 2024
