William Markham Email and Phone Number

Mr. Markham is a San Diego attorney who obtained his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. He is an experienced, successful trial attorney and antitrust litigator who over the years has developed a high degree of proficiency in antitrust law. He has acted as lead attorney in major antitrust challenges against dominant firms and oligopolies on behalf of substantial challengers that have included a publicly-traded corporation (Orchard Supply Hardware), the largest privately-held manufacturer of precast concrete products in North America (Jensen Precast), a maritime shipper (Curtin Maritime), and a leading healthcare staffing agency (Aya Healthcare).Mr. Markham has also served as an antitrust advisor to various leading companies, including the world's largest manufacturer of LED products (Nichia Corporation), a leading global manufacturer of pulse oximetry equipment (Masimo Corporation), and a global automobile manufacturer (Isuzu Motors). He is also the author of a highly regarded blog on antitrust and trade issues, where he has freely expressed his sometimes controversial, always well-informed professional opinions. That blog appears on his firm's website at https://www.markhamlawfirm.com/blog/. Mr. Markham is above all an accomplished trial and appellate attorney who specializes in antitrust matters, other kinds of complex business litigation (including patent misuse, product counterfeiting, and trademark infringement), and certain kinds of real estate disputes. He has litigated cases in California since 1988 and tried numerous smaller matters and several substantial matters, and he has also presented and defended numerous appellate challenges. He has obtained jury verdicts and bench verdicts as well as three appellate reversals of dismissals, and he has prevailed on numerous motions, including a motion for summary judgment by which he defeated a major lender's claims to foreclose on a substantial parcel of real property in San Diego (JPMorgan Chase v. Chu, San Diego Sup. Ct., 2017, Case No. 37-2016-00045054-CU-OR-CTL).More generally, Mr. Markham has exercised sound judgment and unrelenting tenacity on behalf of his many clients over the years, using his command of legal principles and procedures to help his clients obtain redress or defeat claims made against them. His clients have included global companies, substantial domestic companies, start-ups, entrepreneurs, investors, and others.Specialties: Antitrust litigation, complex business litigation, and real estate litigation.