CJ handles all types of civil and criminal cases with a particular focus on antitrust. She has represented corporations and individuals in a broad range of substantive areas of civil litigation, including matters regarding the antitrust laws, the securities laws, and complex contract disputes. And she has represented clients in investigations by, and litigation against, the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and other government agencies. As such, CJ has experience with all aspects of litigation, including early-stage litigation strategies, dispositive motions practice, discovery, and trial.
In the area of antitrust law, CJ recently served as trial counsel to a hospital system in an FTC merger challenge, securing a favorable district court decision denying the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction. CJ also is trial counsel for a Fortune-50 company in antitrust enforcement actions brought by the FTC and various State Attorneys General. And CJ successfully represented a major technology firm in a criminal antitrust investigation into alleged “no-poach” arrangements.
Born and raised in Idaho, CJ graduated from Duke University in 2006 and Columbia Law School in 2010, where she was a Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review and a James Kent scholar. She joined Williams & Connolly in 2011 after clerking for Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.
Representative Experience
Though all cases vary and none is predictive, CJ’s experience includes:
- Serving as trial counsel to a hospital system in an FTC merger challenge.
- Representing a Fortune-50 company in antitrust enforcement actions by the FTC and various State Attorneys General.
- Representing a technology company in a criminal antitrust investigation.
- Representing a large technology company in multiple private antitrust litigations, including class action claims.
- Representing a pharmaceutical company in a variety of complex antitrust litigations, including class actions, involving allegations of refusals to deal and reverse payments.
- Representing a major private equity firm in a commercial contract dispute in Delaware Chancery Court.
- Representing a large vehicle manufacturer in a patent and contract dispute.
Born and raised in Idaho, CJ graduated from Duke University in 2006 and Columbia Law School in 2010, where she was a Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review and a James Kent scholar. She joined Williams & Connolly in 2011 after clerking for Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.