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A Chambers-ranked first-chair trial lawyer and one of Massey & Gail’s three equity partners, Suyash Agrawal has handled high-stakes trial and appellate litigation in jurisdictions around the country for over two decades. In 2023, Suyash was honored as one of Chicago’s top lawyers in the “complex, high-stakes world of litigation” by Crain’s Chicago Business. That special feature identified 74 lawyers who “have made a measurable and specific impact in their field,” including pro bono work and leadership in civic organizations.
Suyash has a successful track record handling all aspects of complex civil litigation—from pre-suit investigation and discovery through dispositive motion practice and trial. Alongside his focus as a trial lawyer, Suyash also represents clients on appeal and in navigating complex legal issues.
Suyash’s experience includes a broad spectrum of complicated disputes. He has worked on cases involving myriad areas of law including: accounting malpractice, antitrust, art law, bankruptcy, breach of contract, business torts, class actions, commercial property disputes, deceptive trade practices, defamation, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, energy, false advertising, FCC law, fiduciary duties, fraud, fraudulent transfers, HUD regulations, gaming and casino law, insurance coverage, the Lanham Act, maritime law, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas law, patent infringement, products liability, shareholder oppression, tax-related civil actions, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and whistleblower and qui tam actions.
Suyash has represented clients in a variety of sectors and industries throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. He has handled cases pending in or for clients based in over 20 states and Puerto Rico—recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for plaintiffs and successfully defending against claims seeking well over $1 billion. Over the past few years, his business clients have included storied companies as Walmart, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Novo Nordisk, ConocoPhillips, Union Pacific, MGM Resorts, and Morgan Stanley. He also frequently represents mid-market and emerging businesses as well as individuals.
Suyash graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Bucknell University and received his law degree with honors from The University of Chicago Law School. He was a member of The University of Chicago Law Review and won the Thomas R. Mulroy Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy. In 2003-04, Suyash clerked for the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Suyash is a respected member of the bar. In 2026, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed him as one of the seven commissioners of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, the agency with administrative responsibility for the registration and discipline of all lawyers in the State of Illinois. He is a member of the Judicial Screening Committee for a current Illinois Supreme Court Justice, and he serves on the Lawyer’s Advisory Committee of the Chancery Division in Cook County, Illinois.
In the community, Suyash serves on the Board of Directors of Impact for Equity (formerly BPI) a legal and policy non-profit dedicated to combating systemic barriers to equity and to fight for racial, economic, and social justice. He also is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Chicago Lawyer’s Chapter of the American Constitution Society. And he recently completed a seven-year term on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, including as Vice Chair and Secretary, and regularly provides pro bono and other legal services to promote and protect reproductive choice. He has also served as a volunteer attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
Before joining the firm, Suyash founded and managed Agrawal Evans, a commercial litigation boutique in Chicago. Before that, he was an equity partner at Susman Godfrey where he was elected to partnership after only five years of practice.
Representative Matters
Trials
- Represented, as trial counsel, a class of traders in a multibillion-dollar breach of contract jury trial in Illinois state court against the world’s largest operator of financial derivatives exchange.
- Represented, as lead trial counsel, a publicly traded gaming company in an international arbitration arising from a multimillion-dollar contract dispute with a former business partner.
- Represented, as lead trial counsel, relators in a multimillion-dollar qui tam action against the nation’s largest home improvement retailer over its sales tax practices on installed appliances sold in the State of Illinois.
- Represented at trial a world-renowned artist and his art dealer in federal court in Chicago in a dispute over attribution of a painting, securing judgment for the defendants on all claims after a bench trial.
- Represented, as second-chair trial counsel, relators in a multimillion-dollar qui tam action against national big-box retailer in a bench trial in Illinois over its sales tax practices on installed appliances sold in the State of Illinois.
- Represented, as trial counsel, a Florida law firm in a bench trial in federal court in Miami over attorney’s fees arising from a class action, securing an award of more than $50 million.
- Represented, as trial counsel, the owners of a television station license valued at more than $70 million in a breach of contract and minority shareholder oppression case in a federal jury trial in Austin, Texas, resolving the matter on confidential terms while the jury was deliberating.
- Represented, as trial counsel, an energy company in a multi-party bench trial in Houston, Texas involving the acquisition of two blocks of stock worth more than $70 million in a liquid propane pipeline company, securing judgment on all issues.
- Represented, as trial counsel, a national home builder in a mass action brought by more than 100 homebuyers alleging fraud and deceptive trade practices in an eight-week arbitration in Dallas, Texas, limiting recovery to a small fraction of the damages sought.
Other Representative Matters
- Representing, as one of its lead counsel, the National Association of Realtors in a nationwide antitrust class action involving alleged restraints on competition in residential real estate transactions; plaintiffs seek tens of billions of dollars in damages.
- Representing, as one of its lead counsel, JPMorgan Chase in a $170+ million fraud and embezzlement dispute involving a decade-long scheme by a CFO and nearly 1,000 transactions.
- Representing, as lead counsel, the National Association of Realtors in an antitrust action in federal court in California over brokerage listing rules.
- Represented Union Pacific as co-counsel in multidistrict antitrust litigation challenging fuel surcharge practices, managing discovery and contributing to summary judgment briefing that resulted in summary judgment, now on appeal.
- Represented, as lead counsel, a cryptocurrency business in breach of contract and tortious interference litigation in Illinois against a business partner, overseeing discovery and mediation efforts and achieving a favorable settlement.
- Represented, as lead counsel, a GPS technology company in trade secret and unfair competition litigation in Illinois against a former business partner involving alleged misuse of confidential information, litigating through summary judgment and resolving the matter through a favorable settlement.
- Represented, as lead counsel, a Fortune 10 retail company in a first-of-its-kind breach of contract class action in the District of Montana challenging the retailer’s check processing disclosures, achieving a settlement with no monetary damages and limited fees after four years of litigation.
- Represented, as lead counsel, a Fortune 10 retail company in multiple consumer class actions around the country in federal and state courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, asserting consumer fraud and other claims over sales taxation of merchandise.
- Represented, as lead counsel, a commercial and residential property restoration company, in enforcing restrictive covenants against a former executive, securing a temporary restraining order and negotiating a favorable settlement.
- Representing, as lead counsel, a parking technology company, in several class actions and other lawsuits in jurisdictions around the country on claims relating to alleged consumer privacy violations and debt collection practices.
- Represented Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa against renown poker player, Phil Ivey, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on the casino’s claims that Ivey violated New Jersey gaming laws when he engaged in a Baccarat edge-sorting scheme and illicitly won over $10 million by changing the odds of the game.
- Represented, as lead counsel, one of Mexico’s largest publicly traded company in a $13 million products liability action stemming from a commercial building fire in Illinois.
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors (2002)
- Bucknell University, B.A., magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa (1999)
- University of Oxford, Visiting Student (1997-1998)
Clerkship
- Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- 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 Fifth 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
- Trial Bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Illinois
- New York
- Texas
Awards
- Band 4, Litigation: General Commercial (2026), Chambers USA
- Future Star (2025–present), Benchmark Litigation
- Notable Litigator & Trial Attorney (2023), Crain’s Chicago Business
- Leading Lawyer, Commercial Litigation, (2021-present), Leading Lawyers
- Super Lawyer, Business Litigation (2020–present), Illinois Super Lawyers; Rising Star, Business Litigation (2006–2017), Texas Super Lawyers, New York Super Lawyers, and Illinois Super Lawyers
Community Involvement
- Commissioner, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (Present)
- Member, Judicial Screening Committee for Justice Joy V. Cunningham, Illinois Supreme Court (Present)
- Member, Lawyer’s Advisory Committee, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County (Present)