Mohammad A. Syed is a senior attorney in the Antitrust Section. Mr. Syed previously practiced Litigation at a law firm in Washington, D.C. He has also worked for the Civil Litigation branch of the District of Columbia Office of Attorney General (formerly D.C. Office of Corporation Counsel), as well as a leading law firm in Karachi, Pakistan. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Rochester, where he graduated cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science. He received his law degree at George Washington University School of Law. He also attended Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers (Mediation Workshop), 2007.

Mr. Syed is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), where he is co-chair of the Section of International Law Asia/Pacific Committee.  In the past he has served as vice-chair of the ABA Young Lawyer Division Antitrust Committee, and subcommittee chair of the Commercial and Business Litigation Committee of the Section of Litigation. Mr. Syed also serves on the board of governors of Nashville Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC). Mr. Syed is on the board of directors of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and the Tennessee Asian Pacific American Bar Association (TAPABA).  Mr. Syed is admitted to the bar in New York, District of Columbia, Tennessee and United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

His articles and presentations include:

• Co-author, “Legal Guide to Doing Business in Asia,” American Bar Association Section of International Law (2010). 
• Program Chair, “Doing Business with Japan,” ABA Teleconference, (February 25, 2010).
• Author, “Newspapers may be required to have an Identify Theft Prevention Program,” Publisher’s Auxiliary - National Newspaper Association (December 2009).
• Moderator, “Doing Business in India,” ABA, Annual Meeting Chicago (2009).
• Contributor, “Essentials of Merger Review in Asia & Australia,” ABA Section of International Law (2009).
• Moderator, “Antitrust in Asia,” ABA Young Lawyers Division, Antitrust Committee (July 23, 2009).
• Author, “Significant Financial Consequences of Card Check Legislation,” Publisher’s Auxiliary - National Newspaper Association (June 2009).
• Speaker, New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Continuing Legal Education “Litigation I - Let's Get It Started: Techniques in Assessing When to File and Where to Bring a Lawsuit,” (January 2008).
• Moderator, ABA Section of Antitrust Law “Antitrust Practicum Brown Bag Series Lesson IX: Bringing and Defending Antitrust Class Actions,” (June 2008).
• Author, “E-Discovery for the Newly Admitted Attorney”, ABA Section of Litigation, FOCUS ON E-DISCOVERY - Commercial and Business Litigation (Vol. 9 No. 3 Spring 2008).
• Author, “Pakistan Enacts Law to Curb Trade in Organs,” Asia Law News (Vol. 3, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2007).
• Moderator, ABA Antitrust Section’s Antitrust Basics Teleconference Series on Vertical Restraints (August 2007).
• Contributor, “Antitrust Law Developments (Sixth) supplement” ABA Section of Antitrust Law (2007).

Office: Nashville
Phone: (615) 726-5418
E-Mail: msyed@kingballow.com

Practice Areas
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Litigation