Pete Marketos

“Pete Marketos ‘is one of the finest trial lawyers to appear in my court.’”

– Federal District Judge Samuel Hardy Mays,
Western District of Tennessee

“Pete Marketos and Leslie Chaggaris’s ability to anticipate the next move of the opponent and to communicate with and win over the jury was nothing... Read More

– Martin Toha,
President, Profinity, LLC

Reese Marketos law firm is in a league of its own. The professionalism, efficiency and mastery of law; combined with their relentless pursuit of justice... Read More

– Jorge Woldenberg, Corpac Steel Products Corp.

“Pete Marketos ‘is one of the finest trial lawyers to appear in my court.’”

– Federal District Judge Samuel Hardy Mays,
Western District of Tennessee

“Pete Marketos and Leslie Chaggaris’s ability to anticipate the next move of the opponent and to communicate with and win over the jury was nothing short of remarkable.”

– Martin Toha,
President, Profinity, LLC

Reese Marketos law firm is in a league of its own. The professionalism, efficiency and mastery of law; combined with their relentless pursuit of justice and fairness confirmed they were the right choice for our company. Brett Rosenthal and Pete Marketos were exceptional in every way. I would recommend this firm to anyone seeking justice.

– Jorge Woldenberg, Corpac Steel Products Corp.

Overview


Pete Marketos is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Over more than 25 years, he has won jury trials in courts across the country, securing some of the largest judgments in the nation.

Pete has been repeatedly recognized for his courtroom advocacy. After a six-week federal jury trial in which his client prevailed in a $20 million cyber fraud claim, the federal judge wrote that Pete is “one of the finest trial lawyers to appear in my court.”

In 2025, Pete and his partner Josh Russ received the Winning Plaintiff Litigators of the Year award from the National Law Journal and the MVP Award for Trials from Law360.

Pete has won trials involving damages claims ranging from tens of millions of dollars to multiple billions, including False Claims Act whistleblower cases, bet-the-company commercial litigation disputes, and government enforcement actions.

In the past five years alone, Pete has won trials before juries and judges in California, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Over the same period, Pete has prevailed in Delaware Chancery Court, the Texas Business Courts, and the Supreme Court of Texas.

Recent Results


  •  $1.64 billion final judgment against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary for Medicare fraud under the False Claims Act after six-week federal jury trial in the District of New Jersey (2025)
  • $52 million judgment against Energy Transfer in Pennsylvania state court after multi-week trial involving pipeline explosion and earnout dispute (2025)
  • Take-nothing defense verdict in New York Supreme Court Commercial Division against former fintech executive seeking $70+ million in equity compensation and cash (2025)
  •  $100 million settlement against PharMerica under the False Claims Act, secured on the eve of trial (2024)
  • Take-nothing defense verdict against competitor on claims of trademark infringement and tortious interference seeking more than $13 million, and counterclaim verdict for tortious interference against competitor, including award of punitive damages, after one-week trial in federal court in the Central District of California (2023)
  • $38.5 million settlement against Academy Mortgage under the False Claims Act (2022)
  •  Complete dismissal of the FTC’s $4 billion false advertising case against AT&T/DIRECTV after two-week federal trial (2018)
  • Complete victory in action to judicially dissolve $70 million partnership and take-nothing verdict on counterclaims for breach of fiduciary duty seeking $11+ million after six-week jury trial (2014)

Honors, Awards, and Recognition


  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Winning Plaintiff Litigators of the Year, National Law Journal (2025)
  • MVP Award – Trials, Law360 (2025)
  • Practice Group of the Year (Reese Marketos LLP) – Trials, Law360 (2025)
  • Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, Lawdragon 500 (2025)
  • Lawyers of the Year Award, The Anti-Fraud Coalition (2024, with co-counsel Berger Montague)
  • Business Litigation of the Year Award, Association of Corporate Counsel (2018, with AT&T/DIRECTV)
  • Litigation Firm of the Year (Boutique), Texas Lawyer (2013)
  • Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, University of Texas School of Law

Education


University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1999

Rice University, Bachelor of Arts, 1996

Admissions


  • United States Supreme Court
  • Texas Supreme Court
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas