Kathleen Clair is an associate in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office, where she practices in the firm's Antitrust group, representing clients in litigation, government investigations, and counseling matters.
She represents clients litigating conspiracy and monopolization claims under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Kathleen also represents a number of agricultural cooperatives and companies in matters related to the antitrust exemption of the Capper-Volstead Act, 7 U.S.C. § 291, and other agricultural antitrust immunity statutes.
Representative engagements include defending agricultural companies facing Section 1 class action claims in multidistrict litigation, successfully defending an agricultural cooperative in a government investigation, representing a large chemical company facing Section 2 claims and pursuing trade secret misappropriation claims, and managing electronic discovery matters for a large telecommunications company in nationwide class action litigation.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Kathleen served as a law clerk to the Honorable A. Richard Caputo of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Kathleen graduated summa cum laude from St. Mary's College of Maryland with a B.A. in Economics and History. She earned her J.D. from William & Mary School of Law, where she served as the Senior Notes Editor of the William & Mary Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.