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Chelsea Mounayer is a skilled litigator who focuses her practice on antitrust litigation and class action defense. She represents companies ranging from multinational corporations to small businesses and individuals in a wide variety of disputes before antitrust regulators and in state and federal courts.
Throughout her career, Chelsea has defended clients in complex civil litigation against claims of monopolization and conspiracy under various state and federal competition and consumer protection laws. She has extensive experience in all phases of commercial litigation and arbitration, and she has secured significant victories for clients through dispositive motions and evidentiary hearings. Chelsea also represents clients facing civil and criminal government investigations concerning allegations of price-fixing and noncompete agreements.
Referenzmandate
- Won complete dismissal of monopolization and price-fixing claims under numerous state antitrust, consumer protection, and unjust enrichment laws on behalf of an agricultural cooperative in class actions brought by retail purchasers of finished dairy products
- Defeated certification of a $17.4 billion damages class while representing a steel manufacturer in one of the largest private antitrust cases nationally, alleging an antitrust conspiracy among major US steel mills to restrict supply and fix prices of all steel products in the United States
- Defended a forest products manufacturer in a nationwide price-fixing class action and in opt-out litigation under state and federal law
- Defended a drywall manufacturer in price-fixing class actions brought by direct and indirect purchasers under federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws
Qualifikation
Education
University of Chicago, JD, 2013
Purdue University, BS, 2009
Admissions
Illinois
Courts / Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
