James A. Wilson
Ohio
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
52 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
United States
Tel: 614.464.5606
Email:
jawilson@vorys.com
Web:
www.vorys.com
Jim is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the litigation practice group. He has litigated and tried a wide variety of antitrust and complex business matters over nearly thirty years, including class, injunctive and multidistrict actions, involving issues of price-fixing, tying arrangements, vertical restraints, and alleged monopolization.
In addition, he has extensive experience representing clients in criminal investigations, having represented numerous companies and individuals in antitrust criminal investigations, including a number of foreign nationals. Jim has also represented clients in civil investigations by the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and state antitrust enforcers concerning mergers, pricing practices, and monopolistic conduct.
Career highlights include:
- Representing two groups of major retailers in antitrust litigation against Visa and MasterCard
- Representing a major food processor in defending multi-district price-fixing claims
- Representing a major technology firm in defending monopolization claims
- Representing a national collegiate sports association in a case challenging rules governing men’s Division 1 college basketball
- Representing a major manufacturer in an antitrust investigation of multiple acquisitions it made
Jim is a member of the American Bar Association and a past chair of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law.
Jim has taught antitrust as an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He also has presented seminars on various topics, including the Class Action Fairness Act, antitrust litigation, effective opening statements in an antitrust case and current antitrust enforcement policy.
Jim received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was member of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems and served as its managing editor. Jim received his A.B. magna cum laude from Miami University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa.
Jim clerked for The Honorable Walter H. Rice of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Vorys lawyers start with the premise that to serve our clients, we need to understand their business, their needs and their objectives. This approach has allowed us to develop a nationally-recognized antitrust practice encompassing litigation, civil and criminal investigations, and counseling.
We have substantial experience in related trade regulation issues such as non-competition, trade secret and dealer termination litigation. We also have broad experience counseling clients about a myriad of antitrust issues, in a wide variety of industries.
Our firm’s antitrust experience is reflected in the significant leadership positions its lawyers have held in the Antitrust Sections of the American Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. Our lawyers regularly speak at business and bar programs on a variety of antitrust issues, including the variety of issues arising in the payments space, as well as teach at the law school level.
Since the firm was founded in 1909, we have grown from four attorneys with offices on the third floor of a small office building in downtown Columbus, Ohio to a nationally recognized firm of approximately 375 attorneys with nine offices in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Texas, Pennsylvania, California and London. Today, we are an Am Law 200 firm that provides strategic business and legal counsel to businesses, including multiple Fortune 500 companies, throughout the U.S. and around the world.