Esmat Hanano

Complex Litigation

• Representing a large food and beverage company in a major ongoing suit alleging various consumer protection claims.
• Representing a major pharmacy benefit manager in ongoing multidistrict litigation and critical motions practice related to claims involving manufacturer rebates and prescription drug prices.
• Defending one of the largest hospital networks in the country in several class action cases alleging data privacy claims.
• Representing a multinational manufacturer of material handling equipment in a putative data breach class action involving state-law tort and data privacy claims.
• Defended a multinational retail and wholesale holding company in a class action suit related to a major food recall, resulting in the client’s dismissal from the case.
• Counsel to a multinational tire manufacturer on antitrust related matters.
• Counsel to a multinational technology company on antitrust related matters.
• Representing a major manufacturer of generic and biosimilar pharmaceutical products in an antitrust suit against a competitor.
• Defended a multinational fast food restaurant franchise in a putative consumer class action case alleging false advertising claims.

Appellate

• Representing a major pharmacy benefit manager in critical appeals related to an ongoing multidistrict litigation involving claims based on manufacturer rebates and prescription drug prices.
• Representing a major manufacturer of generic and biosimilar pharmaceutical products in an appeal defending a substantial jury verdict in favor of the client.
• Counsel to a business federation as amicus curiae in support of a beverage company appealing from an adverse ruling in a wage and-hour class action suit.

Esmat Hanano focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and appellate matters across a range of industries, including health care, pharmaceuticals, retail, and technology. Before joining the firm, Esmat served as a law clerk to the Hon. Veronica S. Rossman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, as well as to the Hon. Clifton L. Corker on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Esmat also worked as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Esmat represents clients facing antitrust claims, multidistrict litigation, class actions, and data breach incidents, and helps them deploy complex legal strategies to resolve the challenges they encounter.

Esmat earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While attending the College of Law, Esmat also served as executive editor of the Georgia State University Law Review and was a member of the Georgia State Moot Court team. He received his B.A in philosophy from American University.

Languages

• Arabic

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Georgia State University (J.D., 2019)
• American University (B.A., 2016)

Memberships