Timothy Ray
+1.312.928.6042
Overview
Timothy Ray is a trial attorney in Holland & Knight's Chicago office and concentrates his practice in the areas of antitrust and other complex litigation. Mr. Ray has worked as a leading trial lawyer for more than twenty years and tried more than forty jury trials to verdict in complex litigation matters. He serves as the Chicago Litigation Practice Group Leader.
Representative Experience
- Trial counsel for a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe manufacturer in an antitrust class action conspiracy case pending in federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging an agreement among PVC manufacturers to reduce supply and exchange competitively sensitive information to raise the price of PVC
- Trial counsel for ongoing litigation in multiple jurisdictions for a real estate franchise company in the largest real estate antitrust class action conspiracy case in U.S. history, alleging price-fixing and an agreement among an association and other real estate companies to artificially inflate real estate commissions, resulting in harm to home sellers
- Tried to verdict on behalf of a real estate franchise company in federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri the largest real estate antitrust class action conspiracy case in U.S. history, alleging price-fixing and an agreement among an association and other real estate companies to artificially inflate real estate commissions, resulting in harm to home sellers
- Trial counsel for a real estate franchise company in an antitrust class action conspiracy case pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging an agreement to fix prices of real estate commissions, resulting in harm to home sellers
- Trial counsel for a real estate franchise company in an antitrust class action conspiracy case pending in the Northern District of Illinois, alleging an agreement to fix prices of real estate commissions, resulting in harm to home buyers
- Represented a leading forest products company in an antitrust class action conspiracy case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging an agreement among oriented strand board (OSB) manufacturers to exchange competitively sensitive information to raise the price of OSB
- Served as advisory counsel to an international steel company in an antitrust class action conspiracy case in the Northern District of Illinois, alleging an agreement among steel manufacturers to reduce supply and raise the price of steel
- Lead counsel for a German consumer products company in benzene litigation
- Represented a German agrochemical company involved in litigation stemming from widespread use of Roundup, a herbicide containing the active ingredient glyphosate
- Represented an iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer in a safety investigation conducted by the U.S. National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHTSA) arising from various product defect claims involving the gas tanks and fuel lines of multiple brands of motorcycles; the investigation was dismissed, and no further action was taken by the NHTSA
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in nationwide class actions and individual wrongful death cases in litigation arising from a nationwide drug recall of oversized morphine tablets
- Represented a global drug company in significant vaccine-related litigation
- Represented a multinational automaker in state and federal court in trials alleging design defect and franchise litigation
Credentials
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D.
- Xavier University of Louisiana, B.A.
Bar Admissions/Licenses
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section
- University of Iowa College of Law, Board of Directors
- University of Iowa College of Law Chicago Alumni Steering Committee
Honors & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Commercial Litigation, 2018-2026
- Pro Bono and Public Interest Award, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2025
- Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys, Crain's Chicago Business, 2025
- Leading Litigators in America, Lawdragon 500, 2022, 2024-2026
- Leading Antitrust & Global Competition Lawyers, Lawdragon 500, 2025
- Outstanding Service, Illinois Supreme Court, Committee on Professional Responsibility, 2007-2015
- Distinguished Service Award, Chicago Bar Foundation, 2010
- Dedicated Service, Chicago Bar Association, Board of Managers, 2009-2011
- 40 Attorneys Under 40 to Watch, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2004