Zelle LLP is a boutique litigation firm with an antitrust & unfair competition team based in Oakland and Washington D.C. The practice has acted on behalf of individual corporate plaintiffs and consumer purchaser classes, and continues to represent clients from a plethora of industries, including the health, financial, agricultural, telecoms, and aerospace sectors. Oakland co-chair Judith Zahid assists with important price fixing and monopoly claims through exemplary work with industry and damages experts. Able to cater to all aspects of antitrust law, DC co-chair James Robertson Martin has recently focused on anticompetitive conduct within international financial markets. Also in DC, Jennifer Duncan Hackett resolves price fixing and monopoly disputes through trials, arbitrations, negotiations, and appeals. In Oakland, Christopher Micheletti can assist with all stages of an antitrust lawsuit, from pre-trial and discovery, through to settlement and recovery. Also based in California, Qianwei Fu centers on consumer protection and opt-out claimants, and has a keen understanding of the international elements behind claims and recoveries.
Key clients
- FDIC
- Freddie Mac
Work highlights
- Representing United HealthCare Services in three individual antitrust matters against the makers of nearly 200 generic pharmaceutical drugs, alleging a widespread price-fixing and market allocation conspiracy.
- Representing Freddie Mac and the FDIC as receiver for 39 closed banks in the LIBOR antitrust litigation, accusing the world’s largest banks of unlawful interest rate manipulation.