Eric Hochstadt

  • Lecturer in Law

Eric S. Hochstadt is a partner in the litigation department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

His practice focuses on civil antitrust and other complex litigation as well as criminal cartel investigations and antitrust counseling. Hochstadt has represented clients in a broad range of industries, including broadcasting, e-commerce, electronics, financial services, pharmaceuticals, private equity, and transportation.

Hochstadt is an appointed member of the executive committee of the New York City Bar Association’s antitrust committee and is an active member of the New York State Bar Association’s class action committee. He has served as a vice-chair of the ABA section of antitrust law. He has been an active member of the international committee. Hochstadt serves as an appointed officer of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Alumni Association’s executive committee. Additionally, Hochstadt serves as co-chair of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Alumni Association’s Mentor Program. He regularly speaks and writes on a wide variety of issues.

He served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Loretta A. Preska in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Hochstadt received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a notes editor on the Cardozo Law Review and his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2000.