Chris Ondeck is head of the Washington, DC office and co-head of the Firm’s Antitrust Group. Chris is one of the most highly rated antitrust trial lawyers in the United States. Chris was named Antitrust Litigator of the Year in 2025 by Benchmark Litigation. Chris was also named a 2024 Law360 Competition MVP, and a finalist for the National Winning Litigator Award by The National Law Journal in 2024.

In 2023, Chris won the largest antitrust jury trial of the year, and one of the largest in history, by defending Sanderson Farms as the sole non-settling defendant where the direct purchaser plaintiffs alleged $7 billion in damages. The significance of the trial victory was widely reported by Reuters, Bloomberg Law, Law360 and other publications, calling it a “blockbuster case.” Law360 noted that Chris “blasted” the plaintiffs’ assertions at trial and called it one of the biggest trial decisions of the year. Chris and his team were named Litigators of the Week by the American Lawyer.

Chris is a go-to litigator for clients in high-profile antitrust matters, including litigations, government investigations, and merger reviews. He also has 30-years’ expertise with the Capper-Volstead Act’s application and interpretation for agricultural cooperatives and serves as outside counsel to a large number of industry groups, including trade associations and cooperatives.

Chris’ achievements have received recognition in many legal publications including Chambers, where clients described him as "our primary thought partner - he's very good at explaining the complex issues and making them easy to understand" and praising "his strong advocacy skills"; by The National Law Review as a “Go To Thought Leader”; by Acritas as a “Star” for multiple years; by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star; and by The Legal 500 United States for Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions.