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Hausfeld Firm Summary

In the last decade, Hausfeld attorneys have won landmark 

trials, negotiated complex settlements among dozens of 

defendants, and recovered billions of dollars for clients both 

in and out of court. Renowned for skillful prosecution and 

resolution of complex and class-action litigation, Hausfeld 

is the only claimants’ firm to be ranked in the top tier in

private enforcement of antitrust/competition law in both the 

United States and the United Kingdom by The Legal 500 and 

Chambers & Partners. Our German office was also ranked by 

The Legal 500 for general competition law.

From our locations in Washington, D.C., Boston, New 

York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, 

Düsseldorf, Stockholm, and London, Hausfeld contributes 

to the development of law in the United States and abroad

in the areas of antitrust/competition, consumer protection, 

data breach and privacy, environmental threats, human 

and civil rights, mass torts, and securities fraud. Hausfeld 

attorneys have studied the global integration of markets—

and responded with innovative legal theories and a creative 

approach to claims in developed and emerging markets.

Hausfeld was founded by Michael D. Hausfeld, who is widely 

recognized as one of the country’s top civil litigators and a 

leading expert in the fields of private antitrust/competition 

enforcement and international human rights. The New York 

Times has described Mr. Hausfeld as one of the nation’s “most 

prominent antitrust lawyers,” while Washingtonian Magazine 

characterizes him as a lawyer who is “determined to change 

the world—and succeeding,” noting that he “consistently 

brings in the biggest judgments in the history of law.”

Antitrust and Competition Litigation

Hausfeld’s reputation for leading groundbreaking antitrust 

class actions in the United States is well-earned. Having 

helmed more than 40 antitrust class actions, Hausfeld 

attorneys are prepared to litigate and manage cases with 

dozens of defendants (In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust 

Litigation, with more than thirty defendants), negotiate 

favorable settlements for class members and clients (In re 

Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, settlements 

of more than $1.2 billion), take on the financial services 

industry (In re Foreign Exchange Antitrust Litigation, with

settlements of more than $2.3 billion), take cartelists to 

trial (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation, trial victory of $162 

million against Chinese manufacturers of vitamin C), and 

push legal boundaries where others have not (O’Bannon v. 

NCAA, another trial victory in which the court found that

NCAA rules prohibiting additional scholarship payments to 

players as part of the recruiting process are unlawful).

Consumer Protection Litigation

Hausfeld also pursues consumer protection, defective product, 

and Lanham Act cases on behalf of a variety of litigants 

including consumers, entertainers, financial institutions, and 

other businesses. For example, we served on the Plaintiffs’ 

Steering Committee in In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Litigation 

helping to recover over $14 billion for U.S. consumers and are 

currently representing tens of thousands of VW purchasers

in Europe. We have obtained class-wide settlements for 

purchasers of defective products (Wolph v. Acer America Corp.; 

In re Sony PS3 “Other OS” Litigation) victims of unfair and 

deceptive practices (Brown v. Transurban (USA), Inc.; Radosti v. 

Envision EMI, LLC; In re Tyson Foods, Inc., Chicken Raised Without 

Antibiotics Consumer Litigation); and domestic beekeepers and 

honey packers for fraudulent mislabeling of imported honey 

(In re Honey Transshipping Litigation).

Data Breach and Privacy

Hausfeld’s attorneys have been at the forefront of seeking 

and obtaining recovery for victims of data breaches. We 

currently serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In 

re Equifax, taking the lead on a complex 50-state plaintiff 

discovery process. Hausfeld’s attorneys have also served 

on the Financial Institution Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee 

in In re Target, leading to a groundbreaking $60 million

in settlement; chaired the FI Steering Committee in In re 

Home Depot ($40 million settlement, fee award pending 

on appeal); and served as a co-lead in In re Kmart ($18.5 

million settlement). In addition, we are currently serving

in leadership positions in Arby’s (co-lead); Wendy’s (steering 

committee, $50 million settlement pending); and In re Premera 

(executive committee).

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Hausfeld: A Global Reach

Hausfeld’s international reach enables it to advise across 

multiple jurisdictions and pursue claims on behalf of 

clients worldwide. Hausfeld works closely with clients to 

deliver outstanding results while always addressing their 

business concerns. Hausfeld does so by anticipating issues, 

considering innovative strategies, and maximizing the 

outcome of legal disputes in a way that creates shareholder

value. Its inventive cross border solutions work to the benefit

of the multinational companies it often represents.

CreativeSolutions toComplex 

Legal Challenges

Hausfeld lawyers consistently apply forward-thinking 

ideas and creative solutions to the most vexing global legal 

challenges faced by clients. As a result, the firm’s litigators 

have developed numerous innovative legal theories that 

have expanded the quality and availability of legal recourse 

for claimants around the globe that have a right to seek 

recovery. Hausfeld’s impact was recognized by the Financial 

Times, which honored Hausfeld’s European team with the

“Innovation in Legal Expertise - Dispute Resolution,” award, 

which was followed up by FT commending Hausfeld’s

Unmatched Global Resources

The firm combines its U.S. offices on both coasts and 

vibrant European presence with a broad and deep network 

around the globe to offer clients the ability to seek redress 

or confront disputes in every corner of the world and 

across every industry. With over 100 lawyers in offices in 

Washington, D.C., Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San 

Francisco, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Paris, Stockholm, 

and London, Hausfeld is a “market leader for claimant-side 

competition litigation” (The Legal 500).

“Hausfeld, which ‘commits extensive 

resources to the most difficult cases,’ 

widely hails as one of the few marketleading plaintiff firms.”

– The Legal 500

North American team for its innovative work in the same

category. In addition, The Legal 500 has ranked Hausfeld as

the only top tier claimants firm in private enforcement of

antitrust/competition law in both the United States and the 

United Kingdom. For example, the landmark settlement that 

Hausfeld negotiated to resolve claims against Parker ITR

for antitrust overcharges on marine hoses represented the 

first private resolution of a company’s global cartel liability 

without any arbitration, mediation, or litigation—creating 

opportunities never before possible for dispute resolution 

and providing a new model for global cartel settlements 

going forward.

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Litigation Achievements

Significant Trial Victories

While many law firms like to talk about litigation experience, 

Hausfeld lawyers regularly bring cases to trial—and win.

Among our trial victories are some of the largest antitrust 

cases in the modern era. For example, in O’Bannon v.

NCAA (N.D. Cal.), we conducted a three-week bench trial 

before the chief judge of the Northern District of California, 

resulting in a complete victory for college athletes who 

alleged an illegal agreement among the National Collegiate 

Athletic Association and its member schools to deny 

payment to athletes for the commercial licensing of their 

names, images, and likenesses. Our victory in the O’Bannon 

litigation followed the successful trial efforts in Law v.

NCAA (D. Kan.), a case challenging earning restrictions

imposed on assistant college coaches in which the jury 

awarded $67 million to the class plaintiffs that one of our 

lawyers represented.

In In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), we 

obtained, on behalf of our direct purchaser clients, a

$148 million jury verdict and judgment against Chinese 

pharmaceutical companies that fixed prices and controlled 

export output of Vitamin C—on the heels of $22.5 million 

in settlements with other defendants, which represented 

the first civil settlements with Chinese companies in a

U.S. antitrust cartel case. Years earlier, we took on a global 

vitamin price-fixing cartel in In re Vitamins (D.D.C.), in 

which we secured a $1.1 billion settlement for a class of 

vitamin purchasers and then took the remaining defendants 

to trial, culminating in a $148 million jury verdict.

Our trial experience extends to intellectual property matters 

and general commercial litigation as well. Recently, we 

represented entertainment companies that sought to hold 

internet service provider Cox Communications accountable 

for willful contributory copyright infringement by ignoring 

the illegal downloading activity of its users. Following a trial 

in BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, v. Cox Enterprises, 

Inc. (E.D. Va.), the jury returned a $25 million verdict for 

our client. After the defendants appealed and prior to a new 

trial, the parties settled.

Exceptional Settlement Results

Over the past decade, Hausfeld has recouped over $20 billion 

for clients and the classes they represented. We are proud

of our record of successful dispute resolution. Among 

our settlement achievements, a selection of cases merit 

special mention.

In the high profile In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates 

Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.), we negotiated settlements 

totaling more than $2.3 billion with fifteen banks accused of 

conspiring to manipulate prices paid in the foreign-exchange 

market. In another case involving allegations of pricefixing 

among the world’s largest airfreight carriers, In re Air Cargo 

Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), we 

negotiated settlements with more than 30 defendants totaling 

over $1.2 billion—all in advance of trial. In the ongoing In re: 

LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation 

(S.D.N.Y.) case, we have secured settlements to date totaling

$590 million with Barclays ($120 million), Citi ($130 million), 

Deutsche Bank ($240 million), and HSBC ($100 million). The 

court has granted final approval to each of these settlements.

Most recently, Hausfeld served as class counsel in Hale v. 

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (S.D.Ill.). 

This case involved allegations that State Farm worked to 

help elect an Illinois state supreme court justice in order to 

overturn a billion-dollar judgment against it. On the day 

opening statements were to be delivered to the jury, State 

Farm agreed to settle for $250 million. Finally, in the global 

Marine Hose matter, we broke new ground with the first 

private resolution of a company’s global cartel liability 

without any arbitration, mediation, or litigation. That 

settlement enabled every one of Parker ITR’s non-US marinehose purchasers to recover up to 16% of their total purchases.

These cases are just five among dozens of recent landmark 

settlements across our practice areas.

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Reputation and Leadership in the Bar

Court Commendations

Judges across the country have taken note of Hausfeld’s 

experience and results achieved in litigation.

“All class actions generally are more complex 

than routine actions... But this one is a doozy.

This case is now I guess nearly more than 

ten years old. The discovery as I’ve noted has 

been extensive. The motion practice has been 

extraordinary... The recovery by the class is

itself extraordinary. The case, the international 

aspect of the case is extraordinary. Chasing 

around the world after all these airlines is an 

undertaking that took enormous courage.”

– Judge Brian M. Cogan

In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, No. 

06-md-1775 (E.D.N.Y.)

Comparing Hausfeld’s work through trial to 

Game of Thrones: “where individuals with 

seemingly long odds overcome unthinkable 

challenges... For plaintiffs, their trial victory in 

this adventurous, risky suit, while more than a 

mere game, is nothing less than a win...”

– Magistrate Judge Nathanael M.Cousins

O’Bannon v. Nat’l College Athletic Ass’n, No. 09-cv-3329 

(N.D. Cal.)

Hausfeld lawyers achieved “really, an 

outstanding settlement in which a group of 

lawyers from two firms coordinated the work... 

and brought an enormous expertise and then 

experience in dealing with the case.” “[Hausfeld 

lawyers are] more than competent. They

are outstanding.”

– Judge Charles R.Breyer

In re International Air Passenger Surcharge Antitrust Litig., No. 

06-md-01793 (N.D. Cal.) (approving a ground-breaking $200 

million international settlement that provided recovery for 

both U.S. purchasers under U.S. antitrust laws, and U.K. 

purchasers under U.K. competition laws.)

Hausfeld has “the breadth of experience, 

resources and talent necessary to navigate a 

case of this import.” Hausfeld “stands out from 

the rest.”

– District Judge Morrison C. EnglandJr.

Four In One v. SK Foods, No. 08-cv-3017 (E.D. Cal.)

“The class is represented by what I would 

describe as an all-star group of litigators...”

– District Judge David R.Herdon

Hale v. State Farm, No. 12-cv-00660-DRH-SCW (S.D. Ill.)

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PRACTICE AREAS

Commercial Contingency 

Antitrust / Competition 

Sports and Entertainment

EDUCATION

UniversityofNorthCarolinaat Chapel 

Hill School of Law, J.D., 1999

North Carolina State University in Raleigh, 

NC, magna cum laude, B.A., 1995

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

Distict of Columbia 

North Carolina

Megan E. Jones

Partner

Megan Jones (@MeganJonesEsq) is a California Bay Area-based lawyer 

who focuses on recovering damages for companies who are victims

of antitrust cartels for price-fixing, tying, restraints of trade, and other 

competition violations. With 19 years of experience in antitrust class 

actions, Megan has an “extraordinary depth of expertise in cartel-related 

matters.” Companies that buy things to make things have typically 

bought cartelized products, and Megan helps them recover damages for 

such purchases. Able to analyze a corporation’s purchases around the 

world, Megan can then offer a panoply of options for recovery in multiple 

jurisdictions. She emphasizes the non-litigation options a corporation has 

when appropriate, and she is as adept at settling a case in a conference

room as she is ina courtroom. The Legal 500 has selected Meganas oneof 

the TopLeading Lawyers in the U.S. in plaintiffs’representation for antitrust 

every year since 2012, and she has twice been listed on Global Competition 

Review’s Women in Antitrust.

Trusted by courts to lead large and complex antitrust cases, Megan has 

been called a “trailblazer,” who brings efficiency, creativity, attention to 

detail, and a relentless trial-focused instinct to her cases. She is currently 

leading In re Blue Cross Antitrust Litigation (Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee), 

In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation (Lead Counsel), and In re 

Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation (Co-Lead counsel). Megan prides herself 

on the ability to create and lead teams of lawyers of any size (having 

organized teams of 80 law firms, in one particular case) to create a record 

that either wins the case, drives settlement, and /or obtains a decision 

upheld at the appellate level. Part of her success is due to Ms. Jones’ belief 

in using diverse and inclusive litigation teams, which she has helped foster 

over a decade by creating and running a conference for women antitrust 

lawyers to exchange best practices. She has been profiled as a Female 

Powerbroker in her field, as well as chosen to be an Equity Champion

to help provide an economic incentive to close the gender gap in law. 

Ms. Jones, described as “personable, very smart and really capable” by

Chambers and Partners, is adept at representing both classes of businesses 

that were harmed as well as individual businesses.

Megan’s competition litigation efforts get results: In re Municipal 

Derivatives Antitrust Litigation (over $200 million for the class); In re 

Polyester Staple Antitrust Litigation (W.D.N.C.) ($63.5 million on behalf of 

class); Inre Compact Disc Antitrust Litigation (C.D. Cal.) (over $50 million 

onbehalf of class); InreRubber Chemicals Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.) 

(over $100 million on behalf of class); In re MMA Antitrust Litigation (E.D. 

Pa.) (over $20 million on behalf of class); In re EPDM Antitrust Litigation 

(D. Conn.) ($81 million onbehalf of class). Megan was alsoinvolvedin

the negotiation of a $300 million global settlement with Bayer (which 

resolved three cases: EPDM, Rubber Chemicals and NBR), and drafted the 

innovative settlement agreement itself.

Called one of the “nation’s best lawyers in an MDL” and a “professional 

problem solver,”1 Megan is both reasonable and relentless. She carefully 

chooses her legal battles, and eschews gamesmanship for the sake of 

gamesmanship. Mindful of scarce judicial resources in complex antitrust

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MEGANE.JONES cases that can last years, she develops a strategy at the outset about what

particular legal issues needjudicialattentionandclearstheboardofthe 

rest. Sheis highly respectedfrom all contingents becauseshebrings that 

same strategy to settlements, using her almost two decades’ of negotiation 

experience from being at Hausfeld LLP to craft settlement strategy and 

terms in even the most difficult cases. Just one example of this creativity

is that in one of her cases, Megan worked with and joined Select State 

Attorneys General to co-negotiate and jointly settle a class claim on behalf 

of certain states as well as the civil litigation class.

Megan is also a member of The Sedona Conference®, which is composed 

of leading jurists, lawyers, experts,academics andothers, at the cutting 

edge of issues in electronic discovery. She is co-author of two Sedona 

publications: “TheSedonaConferenceGlossary: E-DiscoveryandDigital 

Information Management” (2nd edition), December 2007, and co-author of 

“NavigatingtheVendor ProposalProcess: Best PracticesfortheSelection 

of Electronic Discovery Vendors,” published by The Sedona Conference®. 

She also testified before the Federal Rules Committee in 2014 on the 

impact of the changes of the rules on electronicdiscovery. In 2014, she 

also chosen tospeak at the American Bar Association’s 8th National

E-Discovery Institute, where nationally-acclaimed e-discovery professionals 

convened for a full day to analyze and discuss the latest developments and 

best strategies for managing the e-discovery process.

1 Transcript of August 30, 2018 Hearing at 23, In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litig.,

No. 2:13-cv-20000 (N.D. Ala.).

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PRACTICEAREAS

DeceptiveBusiness Practicesand 

Consumer Protection

Environmental Threats

Mass Torts and Public Health Threats 

Sports and Entertainment

Antitrust / Competition

EDUCATION

George Washington University Law 

School, J.D., with honors, 2001

University of Tennessee-Knoxville, B.A.,

summa cum laude, 1998

BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia 

Virginia

The Supreme Court of the United States 

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 

The Sixth Court of Appeals

The Ninth Court of Appeals 

Several Federal District Courts

James J. Pizzirusso

Partner

While still in law school, James argued and won his first trial in the Court 

of Federal Claims under the VaccineInjury Compensation Program

representing a family whose daughter had been severely injured (Dela Rosa

v. Sec’y. of Health and Human Services, 2001 WL 1056928, NO. 93-433v 

(Aug. 14, 2001)). Since that time, he has pursued justice on behalf of his 

clients, both domestically and abroad, in a wide variety of practice areas 

and on behalf of notable clients — including musicians and professional 

athletes. James’ distinctive approach to litigation has resulted in recoveries 

of hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients and class members and 

numerous professional accolades.

James is a partner in Hausfeld’s Washington, DC office. He has a diverse 

practicecenteringonconsumer protectionand cybersecurity/privacylaw, 

antitrust law (with an emphasis in agriculture), environmental torts, and 

sports and entertainment law. In addition to practicing law, James has 

served as a Visiting Professor at George Washington University Law School.

James has led Hausfeld’s Consumer Protection practice group since the 

firm’s inception and courts have personally appointed him to leadership 

positions in numerous successful consumer fraud class actions including: In 

re Warner Music Group Corp. Digital Downloads Litig., No. CV-12-0559-RS 

(N.D. Cal.) (nationwide settlement of royalty dispute involving $11.5 million 

in past damages and future royalty increases in perpetuity); James v.

UMG Recordings, Inc., No. 11-CV-1613-SI (N.D. Cal.) (nationwidesettlement

of royalty dispute involving $11.5 million in past damages and future 

royalty increases in perpetuity); Wolph v. Acer America Corp., No. CV-09-

01314-VRW (N.D. Cal.) (disputed class involving defective computers 

certified on a nationwide basis, $22.7 million settlement later achieved);

Radosti v. Envision EMI, LLC, No. 1:09-CV-00887-CCK (D.D.C.) ($17.5 million 

nationwide settlement); In re Tyson Foods, Inc., Chicken Raised Without 

Antibiotics Consumer Litig., C.A. 08-1982 (D. Md.) ($8 million nationwide 

settlement); Brown v. Transurban (USA), Inc., No. 1:150CV000494-

JCC-MSN(E.D.Va)(Co-lead)(nationwidesettlementinvolvingexcessive 

toll lane fees); andInreHoney Transshipping Litig., 1:13-cv-02905 (N.D. Ill.) 

($4 million nationwide Lanham Actsettlement).

Other cases in which he has served as lead counsel include: In re 

Monsanto Company Genetically-Engineered Wheat Litig., 2:13-md-02473-

KHV-KMH (D. Kansas) (chair of lead counsel group); U.S. Hotel and Resort

Management, Inc. et al v. Onity Inc., 0:13-cv-01499-SRN-FLN (D. Minn.); and

In re Sony PS3 “Other OS” Litig., No. CV-10-1811-RS (N.D. Cal.) (co-lead).

He also been appointed to serve in a leadership capacity in several data 

breach cases including In re Target Corporation Customer Data Security 

Breach Litig., MDL No. 14-25522 (D. Minn.) (Steering Committee on behalf 

of financial institutions, nationwide class certification granted, $60 million 

settlement approved), Greater Chautauqua Federal Credit Union v. Kmart 

Corp., No. 1:15-cv-02228 (N.D. Ill.) (One of three Co-Leads) ($18.5 million 

settlement); In re The Home Depot, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach 

Litig., No. 14-md-02583 (N.D. Georgia) (Chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering

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JAMESJ.PIZZIRUSSO Committee) ($25 million settlement pending); First Choice Federal Credit 

Union v. Wendy’s, Case No. 2:16-cv-00506 (W.D. Pa.) (Plaintiffs’ Executive 

Committee); In re Premera Blue Cross Customer Data Breach Litig., No.

3:15-md-2633-SI (D. Or.) (Executive Leadership Committee); and In re: 

Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. Data Security Litig., Civil No. 1:17-cv-514-AT 

(N.D. Ga.) (Co-Lead).

In the antitrust practice area, James represents clients alleging price 

fixing and collusion in various agricultural sectors. He is one of the firm’s 

principal attorneys in In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litig., No. 

2:08-cv-04653 (E.D. Pa.) ($136 million in settlements reached, class 

certificationgrantedagainstremainingdefendants)andInreFreshand 

Process Potatoes Antitrust Litig., No. 4:10-MD-2186-BLW (D. Idaho) ($19.5 

millionsettlement reached). He was alsoinvolvedin In re: Southeastern

Milk Antitrust Litig., 2:08-md-01000 (E.D. Tenn.) ($300 million settlement). 

Currently, James is also one of the firm’s attorneys working on In re: 

PackagedSeafoodProducts Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 2670. He presently 

serves as Co-Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Food and Agriculture 

Committee, having previously served as a Vice Chair from 2014-2016.

In the sports and entertainment area, James has represented several prominent musicians — including Chuck D of Public Enemy (“Fight the Power”), 

Sister Sledge (“We Are Family”); Gary Wright (“Dream Weaver”), and hip 

hop group The Black Sheep (“The Choice is Yours”) — in seeking compensation for unpaid digital download royalties from their records labels. He 

also represented several prominent retired football players, including Jim 

Brown and Billy Joe Dupree, in the Dryer v. Nat’l Football League, No.

0:09-cv-02182-PAM-AJB (D. Minn.) ($50 million settlement) asserting 

copyright andpublicity rights claims from the NFL’s useof retiredplayers’ 

images and likenesses.

Mr. Pizzirusso’s practice also includes domestic and international 

environmental and public health litigation. He successfully resolved the 

claims of numerous farmers and landowners in Barbados who suffered 

reduced crop yields and property damages as a result of a massive jet 

fuel spill. James has also represented farmers and other entities seeking 

damages related to unauthorized releases of genetically modified crops. 

Domestically, he has represented municipalities and individuals suffering 

harm related to lead paint and other toxic products.

In 2012, James was named as one of four “Rising Stars under 40” by 

Law360 in Consumer Protection and Privacy law. The International Who’s 

Whoof CompetitionLawyers & EconomistsrecognizedJamesas oneof 

the leading US competition lawyers for plaintiffs in 2014. Additionally, 

The Benchmark Plaintiff GuidetoAmerica’s LeadingPlaintiff’s Firmsand

Attorneys recognized James as one of the country’s top sixteen “Antitrust 

Litigation Stars” in 2012 and one of DC’s “Local Litigation Stars” from 

2013-2015. In 2016, James was recognized by Super Lawyers as a Top 

Rated Class Action & Mass Torts Attorney in Washington, DC. Who’s Who 

Legal: Competition named him as one of the country’s leading antitrust 

practitioners in 2017. James has been asked to appear as a panelist at

several conferences aroundthe country and presented on topics including 

antitrust, consumer protection, toxic torts, and public interest litigation.

James is also the author of several published papers.

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