Experienced, Highly Qualified Trial
and Appellate Attorneys
We are a law firm of highly regarded trial and appellate attorneys located in San Diego, California. Our attorneys are graduates of the nation’s leading law schools (Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School) and alumni of leading global law firms. Two of us held federal clerkships and one served as a prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office.
We conduct trials and appeals as well as provide strategic and ongoing advice only in our core areas of expertise, and we accept only a few matters at a time to ensure that we can devote sufficient, undivided attention to each engagement that we accept.
Antitrust Litigation
William A. Markham, who leads our antitrust practice, has extensively litigated a wide range of complex antitrust cases in federal and state court in CA since 1988.
Business Litigation
Mr. Markham and Mr. Bishop both have substantial, successful experience litigating a broad array of commercial disputes.
Real Estate Litigation
We litigate and try substantial disputes that concern the ownership, development, sale and possession of interests in real properties.
William Markham’s Articles on the Law
The Qualcomm Case Isn’t Even a Close Call: Qualcomm Blatantly Misused Its Standard-Essential Patents to Restrain Trade and Monopolize Markets. By William Markham (© 2020).
The Extraordinary Qualcomm Case. The defining antitrust issues of our time are at stake in the landmark case of Fed Trade Comm'n v. Qualcomm Inc., (N.D. Cal. 2017, Case No. 17-CV-00220-LH) ("Qualcomm"). Qualcomm specifically concerns standard-essential patents and...
The DOJ’s Investigation of the Auto Producers’ Draft Agreement with California: It Is Misguided and Likely an Abuse of Power. By William Markham © 2019
The United States Department of Justice has reportedly begun an antitrust investigation of four major automakers for possible unlawful collusion in violation of United States antitrust law. The cause of this investigation? The automakers tentatively agreed with the...
The Amex Decision (By William Markham, © 2018)
I respectfully and strongly disagree with the Supreme Court's recent decision in the Amex case, in which the Supreme Court ruled, by a narrow 5-4 majority, that the government plaintiffs had failed to establish a prima facie case against American Express Company...