Julie Elmer > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
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700 13TH STREET NW
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WASHINGTON, DC 20005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Julie Elmer
Work Department
Antitrust, Competition, and Trade
Position
Partner and US Head of Antitrust
Career
Julie is the US head of antitrust, competition, and trade and a partner in our litigation practice, based in Washington, DC. With over 20 years of civil litigation experience, Julie focuses on US antitrust litigation against both governmental and private plaintiffs; cartel investigations and follow-on civil litigation; and merger and civil conduct investigations before the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and State Attorneys General.
Prior to joining Freshfields, Julie served in the Technology and Financial Services section of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. During her tenure, she became one of the DOJ’s leading trial attorneys, serving as the DOJ’s lead trial counsel in two of the agency’s last three merger challenges, including the Division’s last trial victory in US v. Energy Solutions.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP offers clients ‘significant geographic reach and a diverse team of highly competent attorneys’ with recent work involving claims in the tech and consumers products sectors, for a growing client base consisting of global industry leaders such as Google and MIT. Practice head Eric Mahr has considerable experience in defending clients in civil and criminal investigations, enforcement actions and regulatory proceedings in the US and in Europe, and is currently acting as lead counsel defending Google in a multidistrict litigation. Julie Elmer is an active trial lawyer, representing the likes of United Airlines while Andy Ewalt has previously litigated as counsel to the Director of Litigation at the antitrust division of the DOJ and recently led the team which won the dismissal of antitrust claims concerning an open bidding agreement between Google and Apple. All the attorneys listed are based in Washington DC. Jamillia Ferris joined the firm in September 2022 from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Richard Snyder left the firm in January 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Financial products
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation