Mr. Carlinsky is Co-Managing Partner of the Firm, the Global Head of Complex Litigation and Co-Chair of Insurance Litigation at Quinn Emanuel. Mr. Carlinsky has consistently been ranked among the top litigators and trial lawyers in the United States by multiple leading global publications. Most recently, Mr. Carlinsky was ranked in the 2024 and 2025 editions of “Leading Lawyers in America” for Litigation by Lawdragon 500. He was also recognized by Leaders League in 2024 for Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation and Insurance Litigation. 2024 Chambers described Mr. Carlinsky as “a real trusted professional adviser and a consummate trial lawyer.”
Benchmark Litigation also named Mr. Carlinsky as a “National Practice Area Star” and “Litigation Star” for 2024. Mr. Carlinsky was previously named “General Commercial Litigator of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation in 2022. He is ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA 2021 and 2022 for Commercial Litigation and Band 2 for National Trial Lawyers, which referred to him as “a tremendous litigator,” “fearless and confident” and whose “advice is incredibly thoughtful and well developed” and a “dogged lawyer” who has a “really impressive practice, and is very charismatic and personable.” Prior Chambers’ rankings have referred to him as “the Maserati of lawyers,” having the force of a “freight train” in court, being “a master strategist’ who is praised for his ‘unique ability to see the big picture and craft and work toward results on a broad scale involving a huge constellation of matters.” Mr. Carlinsky is “held in high esteem by peers, who consider him to be ‘one of the top trial lawyers in the country,” “an excellent and ‘tough litigator’ whose deep trial capabilities see him act for clients in high-value commercial and securities-related cases,” having “strong gut instincts,” an ability to “recognize pressure points in cases and get things done,” “not afraid to try cases,” and is “a tenacious lawyer with serious street smarts.” Mr. Carlinsky has also been named as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” each year since 2015 by Benchmark Litigation, which referred to him as “Quinn’s big gun,” and has also received awards from numerous other legal publications. Mr. Carlinsky was recently appointed by Chief Justice Janet DiFiore to the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division Advisory Council.
Mr. Carlinsky’s practice is international in scope, representing multinational companies, public and private companies, hedge funds, asset managers, private equity firms, partnerships and individuals in all types of litigation with a particular emphasis on complex commercial litigation; business-tort litigation; securities litigation; insurance-related litigation; mergers and acquisitions litigation; shareholder derivative litigation; litigation arising out of financial products and instruments; internal corporate investigations; corporate governance matters; Delaware Court of Chancery litigation; non-compete and trade secret litigation; and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Carlinsky has recovered more than $4 billion dollars in verdicts, awards, and settlements for his clients, even though his practice is substantially defense-side.
Mr. Carlinsky has a significant practice representing Brazilian and other companies located in South America in litigation matters and internal investigations.
Updated Oct 2024
