They’ve Got Next: Antitrust Fresh Face Jeanifer Parsigian

Jeanifer Parsigian was setting up a projector in a court room when a court deputy reminded her that an attorney would arrive shortly and take care of the task.

“I am the attorney,” Parsigian, a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, told the deputy while preparing to argue on behalf of student athletes in NCAA v. Alston, a landmark antitrust case that upended the collegiate athletic association’s entire business model.

Parsigian said she has learned to channel such slights into learning and listening opportunities that have pushed her in her legal career.

“They’ll reveal a lot about themselves if ...