Sima Namiri-Kalantari
Partner | She/Her/Hers
Overview
From Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, Sima Namiri-Kalantari serves as a strategic advocate in bet-the-company cases that require a comprehensive legal approach. As a member of Crowell’s Antitrust and Competition Group, Sima brings significant experience representing companies in civil litigation related to price fixing, monopolization, market allocation, no-poach allegations, and other issues.
Career & Education
- U.S. District Court in the Central District of California
Law Clerk, Honorable Beverly Reid O’Connell, 2015–2016
- California
Externship, U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Division, Central District of California, 2012–2013
- U.S. District Court in the Central District of California
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, high honors, economics, minor in public policy, 2008
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2013
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Farsi
Sima's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.16.25
Recent Antitrust Enforcer Statements Signal New Administration’s Direction and Priorities
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice, and Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, have each looked to the history of conservative voices to chart a path forward for antitrust enforcement in the second Trump Administration. Within the last three weeks, AAG Slater delivered remarks to the University of Notre Dame Law School, Chairman Ferguson delivered remarks at the International Competition Network Annual Conference, and Commissioner Meador shared his policy aims in an FTC paper and a speech to George Washington University. The enforcers emphasized the need for robust antitrust enforcement to break private monopolies and other anticompetitive arrangements. These enforcers appear to align on priorities, though differing slightly in methods, grounding their rationale in what they describe as traditional conservative values, while at the same time distancing themselves from previous Republican administrations which have emphasized anti-cartel policies and an otherwise preference for limited intervention in markets.
Press Coverage | 08.30.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 02.26.24
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.20.24
Representative Matters
- Represented a multinational provider of communications technology and services against mobile phone manufacturer in lawsuit alleging violation of FRAND commitments under California's Unfair Competition Law.
- Represented a major automaker in price-fixing litigation to recover overcharges on purchases of flexible polyurethane foam caused by an international price-fixing cartel.
- Represented a telecommunications equipment provider in one of the largest multi-district litigation antitrust actions in the country alleging that a cartel of major international manufacturers fixed the prices of LCD displays used in computer monitors, laptops, cell phones, and other products.
Sima's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.16.25
Recent Antitrust Enforcer Statements Signal New Administration’s Direction and Priorities
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice, and Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, have each looked to the history of conservative voices to chart a path forward for antitrust enforcement in the second Trump Administration. Within the last three weeks, AAG Slater delivered remarks to the University of Notre Dame Law School, Chairman Ferguson delivered remarks at the International Competition Network Annual Conference, and Commissioner Meador shared his policy aims in an FTC paper and a speech to George Washington University. The enforcers emphasized the need for robust antitrust enforcement to break private monopolies and other anticompetitive arrangements. These enforcers appear to align on priorities, though differing slightly in methods, grounding their rationale in what they describe as traditional conservative values, while at the same time distancing themselves from previous Republican administrations which have emphasized anti-cartel policies and an otherwise preference for limited intervention in markets.
Press Coverage | 08.30.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 02.26.24
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.20.24
Recognition
- Los Angeles Business Journal: Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys, 2024
Sima's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.16.25
Recent Antitrust Enforcer Statements Signal New Administration’s Direction and Priorities
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice, and Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, have each looked to the history of conservative voices to chart a path forward for antitrust enforcement in the second Trump Administration. Within the last three weeks, AAG Slater delivered remarks to the University of Notre Dame Law School, Chairman Ferguson delivered remarks at the International Competition Network Annual Conference, and Commissioner Meador shared his policy aims in an FTC paper and a speech to George Washington University. The enforcers emphasized the need for robust antitrust enforcement to break private monopolies and other anticompetitive arrangements. These enforcers appear to align on priorities, though differing slightly in methods, grounding their rationale in what they describe as traditional conservative values, while at the same time distancing themselves from previous Republican administrations which have emphasized anti-cartel policies and an otherwise preference for limited intervention in markets.
Press Coverage | 08.30.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 02.26.24
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.20.24
Insights
Antitrust: Artificial Intelligence Moves Into the Realm of Antitrust Litigation
|01.10.24
Litigation Forecast 2024
Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys 2024 – Sima Namiri-Kalantari
|01.24.24
Los Angeles Business Journal
Sima's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 05.16.25
Recent Antitrust Enforcer Statements Signal New Administration’s Direction and Priorities
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice, and Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, have each looked to the history of conservative voices to chart a path forward for antitrust enforcement in the second Trump Administration. Within the last three weeks, AAG Slater delivered remarks to the University of Notre Dame Law School, Chairman Ferguson delivered remarks at the International Competition Network Annual Conference, and Commissioner Meador shared his policy aims in an FTC paper and a speech to George Washington University. The enforcers emphasized the need for robust antitrust enforcement to break private monopolies and other anticompetitive arrangements. These enforcers appear to align on priorities, though differing slightly in methods, grounding their rationale in what they describe as traditional conservative values, while at the same time distancing themselves from previous Republican administrations which have emphasized anti-cartel policies and an otherwise preference for limited intervention in markets.
Press Coverage | 08.30.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 02.26.24
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.20.24
