Giovanni Sanchez

Biography

Giovanni Sanchez represents clients in high-stakes commercial litigation across a broad spectrum of industries and subject matters, with a focus on navigating complex legal questions and trying cases. Before joining Bartlit Beck, Giovanni was in the Office of the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as Counsel to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. Giovanni is a graduate of Cornell University and Yale Law School. After law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Randolph D. Moss, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and to the Honorable Merrick B. Garland, then-Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before his time at the Department of Justice, Giovanni was a litigation associate at a premier litigation firm, where he was trial counsel for plaintiffs who secured a $25 million verdict against neo-Nazis who organized violence during a 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Giovanni has also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, trying seven criminal cases on behalf of the United States and the District of Columbia.