First Admitted: 1981, Washington DC

Bar/Professional Activity:

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Procter & Gamble v. Bankers’ Trust Litigation
In re Choice Care Litigation
Forsyth v. Humana
United States ex rel. Watt v. Fluor Daniel
Procter & Gamble v. Amway Litigation
United States ex rel. Brooks v. Pineville Hospital
In re Microsoft Corp. Litigation, United States District Court, District of Maryland
In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010
In re Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Collins v. Eastman Kodak, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Williams v. Duke Energy et al.
Ohio Employees Retirement System v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage, aka Freddie Mac, et al.
In re Federal National Mortgage Association Securities, Derivative, and “ERISA” Litigation

Honors/Awards:

“Best Lawyer in America” in the fields of antitrust and commercial litigation
Named a 2015 finalist in the American Antitrust Institute’s Antitrust Enforcement Awards under the category “Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

“The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO),” HarrisMartin’s Toyota Recall Litigation Conference, March 24, 2010
Antitrust Law Update, National Health Lawyers Health Law Update and Annual Meeting (Featured Speaker), San Francisco, California, 1989
“Antitrust in the Health Care Field,” a chapter published in Legal Aspects of Anesthesia, 2nd ed., William H. L. Dornette, J.D., M.D., editor
“Using Civil Rico and Avoiding its Abuse,” Ohio Trial, William H. Blessing, co-author, Summer 1992
“A Focus on Reality in Antitrust,” Federal Bar News & Journal, Nov/Dec 1992
“The Federal False Claims Act: Are Health Care Providers at Risk?,” (Co-Speaker), Ohio Hospital Association, April, 1996
“The False Claims Act: Are Healthcare Providers at Risk?,” presentation to Robert Morris College Second Annual Health Services Conferences, Integrating Health Services: Building a Bridge to the 21st Century, Moon Township, PA, October 9, 1997
University of Cincinnati College of Law Adjunct Professor, teaching trial practice
“Beyond Compensatory Damages – Tread, RICO and The Criminal Law Implications,” HarrisMartin’s Toyota Recall Litigation Conference, Part II, May 12, 2010
“Defining the Relevant Market in Antitrust Litigation,” Great Lakes Antitrust Seminar, October 29, 2010
“Implications of Sixth Circuit Collins Inkjet Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co. Decision,” American Bar Association panel discussion, December 10, 2015

Bill Markovits