Mitchell, Caroline N.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Caroline Mitchell litigates complex commercial disputes with a focus on defending corporations against claims related to events in foreign countries, as well as to RICO, the Alien Tort Statute, antitrust, fraud, and unfair competition law. She also defends clients in class actions and parens patriae actions and advises them on trademark and regulatory disputes.

Caroline served on the trial team in Bowoto v. Chevron Corporation, which was recognized by various legal publications as the defense verdict of 2008 in California. As part of that case, Caroline litigated complex questions relating to choice of law, RICO, the Alien Tort Statute, jurisdiction, preemption, capacity, statute of limitations, and vicarious liability. She also cultivated key third-party witnesses. Caroline has represented clients in the oil, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, video game, and floral industries in price-fixing, monopolization, and unfair competition lawsuits.

Caroline chairs the San Francisco Office's pro bono practice and has successfully represented clients in many pro bono matters, including divorce, prisoners' rights, medical care, race discrimination, discrimination based on HIV status, and discrimination based on disabilities. She also has challenged the constitutionality of a state proposition. Caroline is president of the board of directors of Creating Economic Opportunity for Women (C.E.O. Women), an award-winning nonprofit that serves immigrant and refugee women.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation

Representative Cases

• Chevron and Unocal successfully resolve antitrust class actions regarding reformulated gasoline
• Chevron Corporation defends toxic tort charges involving cancer contraction , (2009)
• Chevron obtains defense victory in highly publicized Nigerian human rights case , (2009)
• Client wins injunctive relief from vengeful in-laws
• Creating Economic Opportunities for Women provide small business opportunities
• Minister and putative class of inmates represented in religious discrimination case , (2006)
• Muslim prisoner succeeds in obtaining access to religiously acceptable meals , (2010)
• SBC California defends antitrust litigation involving DSL and other services

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Antitrust, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, RICO Act, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Bryn Mawr College
• U of Minnesota - Main Campus

Published Works

• Pleading State of Mind after Ashcroft v. Iqbal, Financial Fraud Law Report., 2009
• Text Messaging: The Next Advertising Frontier Requires Counsel to Proceed With Caution, The Corporate Counselor, 2009
• In re Hydrogen Antitrust Litigation: A Forecast of the Future of Class Certification in the Ninth Circuit, Competition, at 23, 2009
• Shoulder to Lean On: Robert Mittelstaedt, 2009
• Ashcroft v. Iqbal: Taking Twombly a Step Further, GCP Magazine, 2009
• Guilt by Association?, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2009
• Discovery Channels, Jones Day In Print, 2009
• Ashcroft v. Iqbal: The New Federal Pleading Standard, 2009
• Discovery Channels, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2009
• Member of Chevron defense team discusses special skills needed for deposing foreigners, The National Law Journal (Read the article on the website), 2009
• Ninth Circuit Curbs Enforceability of Forum Selection and Choice of Law Clauses Against California Consumers, 2009
• Returning RICO to Racketeers: Corporations Cannot Constitute an Associated-in-Fact Enterprise Under 18 U.S.C. § 1961(4), 13 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 1, 2008

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San Francisco, CA 94104

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