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William Markham<\/a> is our lead attorney for antitrust litigation, antitrust counseling, much of our business litigation, and our real estate litigation.\u00a0Dorn Bishop<\/a>, who is \u201cof counsel\u201d to the firm, handles certain kinds of business litigation, insurance matters, and white-collar crime. Laura Avila<\/a> is a highly skilled and experienced paralegal who helps us to compile, organize, and present our proofs, and Ana Ruiz<\/a> is an all-purpose office assistant who is tireless, diligent, and skilled at organizational work. We also work with first-rate service providers, and in our larger cases we work with other attorneys, all of whom have superior experience and a proven track-record of success in high-stakes litigation.<\/p>\n For each matter, we conduct an investigation, develop a strategy at the outset, form a team for the case, and delegate the expected tasks so that each one is performed by a professional who has the appropriate level of expertise for the task in question. If we accept a case, one of our senior attorneys (William Markham or Dorn Bishop) will prepare all significant written submissions, conduct the essential depositions, and act as the lead attorney at trial and on any appeal. Where appropriate, we assign other tasks to associate attorneys, paralegal assistants and outside service-providers who work under the supervision of one of our principal attorneys. In larger matters, we can call upon colleagues who have worked with us before in order to provide sufficient staffing for even the most demanding matters, including multi-district litigation, large complex litigation, and global investigations of cartels. 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He tries cases in court, conducts appeals, and principally litigates the following kinds of matters: antitrust cases (civil and criminal), false advertising, trademark offenses, securities fraud, other kinds of business litigation, and certain kinds of real estate litigation. Click here<\/a> to learn more about his professional expertise, recent engagements, and past accomplishments.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Dorn G. 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He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, a former prosecutor in the United States Attorney\u2019s Office, a former partner in a leading international law firm (Latham & Watkins) and a veteran trial lawyer who has successfully tried many cases to juries. 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She holds a law degree from a very good law school in Mexico (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California) and has worked with Mr. Markham since 2006. She helps us to obtain, organize, analyze, and present evidence for use at trial, organizes our case files, and collaborates with our IT specialists to ensure that all of our information is properly stored, archived, and instantly accessible to each person in our firm. Ms. Avila plays a key role in our fundamental work and regularly collaborates directly with Mr. Markham in order to help him improve his presentation of evidence and arguments. 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