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Manish Kumar
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manish.kumar@freshfields.com
San Francisco: +1 415 400 2137
Washington, DC: +1 202 777 4770
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About

Manish Kumar specializes in criminal antitrust enforcement and related white-collar matters. Drawing on more than 15 years as a federal prosecutor and senior DOJ official, he guides companies and individuals through high-stakes criminal antitrust investigations, dawn raids, litigation, and cross-border actions, ensuring they stay ahead of evolving enforcement priorities.

Manish’s leadership experience across administrations gives him unique insight into government enforcement strategies and trends. As former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement, the highest-ranking career official at the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, Manish supervised all domestic and international criminal antitrust prosecutions brought by more than 100 attorneys from grand jury through appeal. Before this, he served in other leadership roles as Chief and Assistant Chief of the Antitrust Division’s San Francisco Office, where he supervised criminal antitrust, civil antitrust, and white-collar investigations involving the technology industry, multinational enterprises, and government procurement. In addition to serving as an Antitrust Division Trial Attorney for several years, he was a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, where he prosecuted a range of felony violations.

In these roles, Manish has overseen precedent-setting cases, including the first felony criminal monopolization conviction, the first guilty plea in a labor market investigation, and the first labor market trial conviction. Manish first-chaired multiple jury trials, including a trial resulting in the conviction of a C-suite executive. Manish also played...

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Antitrust and competition
Antitrust investigations
Antitrust litigation
Commercial litigation
Investigations
White collar defence and corporate crime
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Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., Cum Laude
  • Stanford University, A.B.

Honors

  • Book Award, Law & Economics
  • Four-time recipient of AAG Award of Distinction
  • Recognized in California Daily Journal’s “Top Antitrust Lawyers” (2020)
  • Honors Program, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Professional

  • Law Clerk, United States District Court, District of Nevada (2008-2009)
  • Adjunct Instructor, University of California Law, San Francisco
  • Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California
  • Executive Committee, California Lawyers Association Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section

Bar Admission

  • California
  • Not admitted in DC 
Manish Kumar
Partner
manish.kumar@freshfields.com

T +1 415 400 2137

T +1 202 777 4770

San Francisco Office

One Bush Street

17th Floor

94104 San Francisco
Washington, DC Office

700 13th Street, NW

10th Floor

20005-3960 Washington, DC
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