S. Julia Choi

Commercial Litigation

• Trial counsel for BASF Corporation in litigation concerning alleged fraud, breaches of contract, theft of trade secrets, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
• Counsel for Honeywell in litigation brought by fractional jet operator Flexjet alleging that Honeywell failed to deliver on its contractual commitments to repair aircraft engines in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and related supply chain disruptions.
• Counsel for a Madison Dearborn Partners’ portfolio company in litigation against TIAA stemming from the 2014 sale of Nuveen Investments, Inc.
• Counsel for Honeywell in litigation brought by Garrett Motion seeking to invalidate over $1 billion in indemnity payments Garrett assumed as part of its spinoff from Honeywell.
• Counsel for the State of Georgia in an original jurisdiction suit related to equitable apportionment of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.
• Counsel for Boeing in litigation brought by the Southwest Airlines pilots union arising out of the grounding of the 737 MAX aircraft.
• Counsel for Navient Solutions in various Attorneys General litigations.

Antitrust Litigation

• Counsel for JELD-WEN in an antitrust suit alleging, among other things, that JELD-WEN’s 2012 acquisition of Craftmaster Manufacturing Inc., a competitor in the interior molded doorskins market, violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act.
• Counsel for JELD-WEN in nationwide class action suits alleging price-fixing of interior molded doors.

Securities Fraud and Shareholder Litigation

• Counsel for Boeing against claims of securities fraud arising out of two accidents involving the 737 MAX aircraft.
• Counsel for JELD-WEN and certain executives in securities class action litigation.

Trade Secrets Litigation

• Counsel for Siemens Energy, Inc. in cases brought by direct competitors alleging trade secrets misappropriation in the gas turbine industry.
• Counsel for Medidata Solutions, Inc. in litigation against Veeva Systems, Inc. arising out of Veeva’s misappropriation of trade secrets relating to Medidata’s SaaS products for clinical drug trials.

Government Investigations

• Counsel for clients in confidential investigations by the Department of Justice.
• Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in congressional investigations into drug pricing.
• Counsel for Navient Solutions in various Attorneys General investigations.

Pro Bono

• Counsel in lawsuits challenging as unconstitutional the U.S. government’s policy against providing Supplemental Security Income disability benefits to American citizens living on Guam.
• Counsel in immigration proceeding to overturn USCIS decision revoking client’s lawful permanent resident status based on an allegation that he and his wife entered into a fraudulent marriage to secure immigration status.

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Law Clerk, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Law Clerk, Kim & Chang