Vanessa Barsanti is a partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, including multidistrict litigations, antitrust, and restructuring.

As the member of multiple winning trial teams, Vanessa’s experience extends to all stages of litigation, from drafting a complaint to post-trial briefing. She also has extensive experience in managing the discovery process for matters of all sizes, including managing collections, reviews and productions, organizing multi-track offensive and defensive written discovery, drafting successful discovery motions, and taking and defending depositions.

Vanessa works with clients to develop practical, efficient, and defensible discovery strategies, including developing and implementing custom technical workflows to support eDiscovery needs. She is well-versed in sophisticated document and data analysis, making her uniquely situated to assist her clients in addressing large-scale discovery issues.

Vanessa maintains an active pro bono practice, representing a wide array of individuals in need.