Sanford M. Litvack is an American veteran lawyer who has held several notable positions throughout his legal career including serving as the assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice during the administration of Jimmy Carter; as former vice chairman and counsel of the Walt Disney Co.; and a Presidential appointee to the Antitrust Modernization Commission. Sanford Litvack has been a trial lawyer for years, having handled jury and non-jury cases in a broad array of issues such as antitrust, copyright, environmental, securities, employee matters, contracts, and copyright. He has also been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers for over 25 years. Sanford Litvack has established his name in the legal arena, having been selected to Southern California Super Lawyers for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Super Lawyers is a distinguished published listing of outstanding lawyers in over 70 practice areas.

Following his law studies from Georgetown Law Center in 1959, Sanford Litvack worked as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department until 1961. After which, he practiced his law profession with the New York City firm Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. He was then appointed Assistant Attorney General during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Sanford Litvack served as an executive of the Walt Disney Co. from 1991 to 2001. In 1994, he became the lead negotiator in the efforts to save the future of Euro Disney and he currently serves on the board of Euro Disney. Throughout his law career, Sanford Litvack has served as a partner in a number of law firms including Dewy Ballantine and Hogan & Hartson. Sanford Litvack has also served in several boards including Compaq, Hewlett Packard Co., PacifiCare Health System Inc., and Walt Disney Co.

In September 2008, Sanford Litvack was hired by the Justice Department to look into the evidences gathered during the review of Google’s search advertising pending deal with Yahoo Inc., in what can be deemed an antitrust issue for Google considering that both companies account for over 80% of the U.S. online-search ads. Sanford Litvack may also be asked to prepare the antitrust case, if deemed necessary, resulting from the investigation.