Like Fats Domino, Bob Atkins knew long ago that he’d be going to New Orleans.

For almost 10 years the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner has represented BD, the medical supply company formerly known as Becton Dickinson & Co., in an antitrust suit over syringes. The case blew up in 2013 into a $340 million jury verdict  against BD in the Eastern District of Texas.