Neil G. Nandi

Overview

Fortune 500 corporations, privately held companies, and individuals turn to Neil Nandi to represent them in disputes involving challenging and novel legal issues, including complex commercial litigation, class action defense, and government investigations. Neil has litigated antitrust cases, False Claims Act matters, and contract and fraud suits, particularly on behalf of clients in the health care and food/consumer products industries.

Neil has handled matters at various stages of litigation, from initial pleadings through appeals. His experience includes drafting and arguing dispositive motions, taking and defending depositions, and managing document discovery. Neil has also appeared in over half a dozen state and federal appellate courts, including as the drafter of principal briefs and oral advocate. Clients regularly rely on him to provide thoughtful, detail-oriented counsel that balances strategic business interests, efficient management, and aggressive litigation.

Neil's food and consumer products experience includes defending a leading snack foods company in a consumer class action challenging whole grain labeling claims, defending a multinational grocery chain in a consumer class action involving product labeling and marketing claims, and representing a candy company in a restrictive covenant dispute involving post-employment obligations and competitive business interests.

While in law school, Neil was president and editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal on Legislation and an external training director of the Harvard Mediation Program. He also interned in the Civil Frauds Section at the U.S. Department of Justice and in the Cyber Crime Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. After graduating, Neil clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Neil maintains an active pro bono practice and was named to the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Honor Roll in 2021. His past pro bono work has included representing individuals and amici curiae in immigration matters, advocating for convicted individuals in Section 1983 and habeas proceedings, and managing a monthly legal aid clinic.

Career & Education

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Law Clerk, Honorable James B. Loken, 2014–2015
Massachusetts
Legal Intern, Cyber Crime, Attorney General's Office, 2013
U.S. Department of Justice
Legal Intern, Civil Frauds, 2012
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  Law Clerk, Honorable James B. Loken, 2014–2015
- Massachusetts
  Legal Intern, Cyber Crime, Attorney General's Office, 2013
- U.S. Department of Justice
  Legal Intern, Civil Frauds, 2012
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., summa cum laude, 2009
Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2014
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., summa cum laude, 2009
- Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2014
Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Professional Activities and Memberships

Junior Board Member: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services

Pathfinder: Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2021
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Junior Board Member: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
- Pathfinder: Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2021

Neil's Insights

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Representative Matters

Drafted successful motion to dismiss in Northern District of Illinois, and drafted and argued Seventh Circuit appeal, in False Claims Act case relating to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
Took and defended depositions, prepared witnesses, and drafted a motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of a third-party logistics company pursuing trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation in Cook County, Illinois.
Argued and drafted a successful motion to dismiss on behalf of a commercial lending and financing company defending contract-based claims in Cook County, Illinois.
Drafted successful motion to dismiss putative privacy class action in the Northern District of Illinois.
Defended a leading snack food manufacturer in a consumer class action challenging whole grain labeling claims on Wheat Thins products.
Drafted and argued successful case-dispositive motion on behalf of Medicare Advantage Organization in payor-provider arbitration proceeding.
Achieved affirmance of dismissal of putative privacy class action in federal appellate court.
Defended a multinational grocery chain in a consumer class action involving product labeling and marketing claims.
Represented a candy company in a restrictive covenant dispute involving post-employment obligations and competitive business interests.
Investigated allegations in a federal subpoena and drafted presentations to the government on behalf of a pharmacy chain defending against FCA and Anti-Kickback Statute allegations.
Drafted amicus briefs in multiple federal appellate and district courts on behalf of immigration law professors opposing restrictive immigration policies.
First-chaired arbitration hearing and took depositions in pro bono commercial lease dispute.