Marisa Dieken is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group, based in Washington, DC. Marisa advises clients on a broad range of antitrust law issues before the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and foreign competition authorities.

Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Marisa worked for the US Department of Justice as a trial attorney. While at the DOJ, Marisa led pre-merger investigations in telecommunications, media, and technology sectors, and contributed to on a wide array of civil merger and conduct investigations. She also worked on litigation teams for the Division including US v. AT&T/Time Warner and US v. American Airlines/Jetblue.

Josh Samra is an associate in the Firm’s Antitrust and Consumer practice groups. Josh was a significant member of the team litigating In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, which resulted in the largest privacy class action settlement in history at $725 million. Josh currently plays an important role in the teams litigating Ji, et al. v. Naver Corp., et al., and In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation, and he is also litigation In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation.

Josh is involved in all aspects of the Firm’s Antitrust and Consumer investigations and litigations.  He currently plays a significant role in the In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, Calhoun, et al. v. Google LLC, and In re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation. 

Prior to joining BFA, Josh was a Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa County. As a Deputy D.A., Josh oversaw all parts of criminal prosecutions, including arguing pre-trial motions, trying cases before a jury, and litigating post-trial appeals. Josh has prosecuted ten jury trials to verdict.

Josh served as an Associate Editor for the UCLA Law Review. Josh is an active member of the Sedona Conference, Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention and Production, and Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery, and Disclosure. 

Christopher K.L. Young specializes in antitrust and class action litigation. He approaches his practice with a diligent and creative attitude while providing clients with high-quality legal representation. He was promoted to the firm’s partnership in 2023.

Chris’s professional qualifications are exemplified by his invaluable work on the Capacitors Price-Fixing Antitrust Litigation trial. As a leading associate (the firm is Sole Lead Counsel), he played a vital role in coordinating this massive price-fixing litigation as the firm litigated summary judgment, tried the case in 2020 for two weeks (before the pandemic caused a mistrial), and then commenced a November-December 2021 retrial. Chris had primary responsibilities for drafting and negotiating pretrial filings such as jury instructions and motions in limine, presenting evidence to the jury, and playing critical roles in nearly all other aspects of both trials. He has also been a leader in achieving final approval of settlements taking place from 2020 to 2023.

In addition to his duties for the firm, Chris volunteers for the Federal Pro Bono Project of the Bar Association of San Francisco. In a recent pro bono civil rights matter, he briefed and argued motions for summary judgment which led to a settlement that included significant monetary consideration and nonmonetary consideration that would have been unavailable as relief if the firm had prevailed at trial. In 2021, he was one of the speakers at a webinar co-sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Justice and Diversity Center, the Asian Law Alliance, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California: “What Can I Do as a Pro Bono Attorney in the Northern District?”

Since 2021, Chris has been selected by Super Lawyers as a Northern California “Rising Star” in the antitrust litigation practice area. He has likewise been honored as one of the “Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar” in the National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyer Awards (2022), as one of the “Lawyers on the Fast Track (Under 40)” in the Recorder’s California Legal Awards (2022), for an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer by the American Antitrust Institute (2022), by the California Lawyers Association as a “Lawyer to Watch” (2023), for the California Daily Journal’s “40 Under 40” list (2023), by Best Lawyers as “One to Watch“ (2023-present), and by Lawdragon for its “500 X – The Next Generation” guide (2023-present). In 2024, the Legal 500 named him as one of its elite “Next Generation Partners.” 

Chris is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the Bar Association of San Francisco, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is currently Vice Chair for the ABA Antitrust Section’s Trial Practice Division and, also for the ABA, has been a Young Lawyer Representative for the Competition Torts Committee (2021-2022) and Young Lawyer Representative for the Leadership and Diversity Special Operations Team (2020-2021). He is a 2024 Education Committee co-chair for the Asian American Bar Association.

In 2023, Chris chaired a “How I Learned to Love Pretrial Filings” panel discussion at the ABA’s Antitrust Spring Meeting. He also frequently speaks about the firm’s generative artificial intelligence litigation. While an ABA Young Lawyer Representative, in 2022 he was a panelist in the “Career Conversations & Diversity Dialogues” program at the ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting aimed towards giving lawyers perspectives in possible career paths. He is also the author of “Technological Monopolies, Innovation, and the Freedom to Form Businesses: Like Oil and Water?” and “The Open Courts Act: Congress Finally Keeping A-Pacer.”

Before joining the firm, Chris was a law clerk for Associate Justice Lamar W. Baker of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Five, where he drafted opinions on various issues and observed oral arguments to assist Justice Baker in making decisions. Prior to this, he was a post-bar fellow at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, where he drafted motions, conducted legal research, interviewed clients, and assisted with trial efforts.

While attending law school at UCLA, Chris was an associate editor of the Law Review and participated in the 2016 American Red Cross Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition, where his team was awarded “Best Overall Team Research and Writing.” In addition, he worked as a certified legal intern for the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office, where he focused on complex securities fraud cases, represented clients at arraignment, and participated heavily in a trial, including examination of witnesses.

Chris donates his time to the local San Francisco community, speaking with local organizations to youth interested in a future legal career and volunteering as an essay reviewer for students currently applying to colleges. 

Abiel Garcia is a Partner of Kesselman, Brantly & Stockinger LLP. Prior to joining KBS, Mr. Garcia was an associate at Gibson Dunn, as a member of both their Antitrust and Competition and White Collar practice groups. He began his legal career as an Honors Attorney for the California Department of Justice, then as a Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice, working in the Antitrust Section across his tenure. Mr. Garcia has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation matters including antitrust, unfair competition, business torts, breach of contract, and class actions. His previous matters have provided experience across a vast array of industries such as healthcare, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, oil and gas, and technology. Coupled with extensive litigation practice, Mr. Garcia has also provided antitrust counseling, merger clearance counseling, and compliance advice to a variety of leading corporations. In addition to his antitrust experience, Mr. Garcia has spent years conducting government and internal investigations, with a particular focus on cross-border matters in Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean.

For the past five years, Mr. Garcia has served on the Executive Committee for the California State Bar’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition section, serving as a Vice Chair to the Diversity Committee, and also as a member of the Los Angeles County Bar’s Antitrust and Unfair Corporation Section. He is a contributing author and editor of the leading treatise in California on antitrust and unfair competition law.

Mr. Garcia received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he received the Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar award. He earned his B.A. from Occidental College, where he majored in Economics. Mr. Garcia maintains a robust pro bono immigration practice, focusing on asylum cases and impact litigation stemming from the separation of families along the U.S. southern border.