Commercial Litigation 

• Defending a Texas local government risk pooling alliance against breach of contract claims arising out of Hurricane Harvey reconstruction work.
• Representing a real estate investor and entrepreneur in partnership disputes involving multiple limited liability companies.
• Represented a celebrity/entrepreneur in an action involving commercial misappropriation of his name and image. The matter was settled after initial discovery.
• Represented a privately held corporation and its shareholders in a dispute with a family member regarding corporate ownership. The matter was settled before trial.
• Defended an operator of thoroughbred racetracks against a professional jockey agents’ challenge to the operator’s rule for jockey representation. Obtained a dismissal of all claims with prejudice; the trial court’s judgment was affirmed by an intermediate-level appellate court and the New York Court of Appeals. Also obtained a dismissal with prejudice of a companion case in federal court. 

Antitrust

• Represented a coal mining company in a lawsuit claiming that railroad companies conspired to fix rail freight surcharges and to monopolize rail freight markets.
• Co-lead counsel for a class of consumers who claimed that contact lens manufacturers and a wholesale distributor conspired to fix prices of disposable contact lenses. All five defendants settled with the class before trial.
• Lead counsel for a class of persons and entities that paid for oncology services in Southwest Florida. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants conspired to restrain competition and raise prices for oncology services. Secured a settlement on behalf of the class.
• Trial counsel for the plaintiff in a Robinson-Patman Act price discrimination lawsuit in the food distribution industry. The trial court entered a verdict for the plaintiff following a two-week bench trial, but the Third Circuit later reversed the trial court’s judgment.
• Antitrust counsel for an anesthesiology services provider in a lawsuit involving restraint of trade and monopolization claims. Following a court-ordered mediation, the client secured a settlement.
• Defended a pharmacy services provider against Sherman Act and California state law claims brought on behalf of a class of nursing home residents who alleged collusion as to the pricing of pharmaceutical products. Obtained a dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
• Defended a Russian mining company against cartel claims in a multidistrict class action. The client secured a settlement.
• Obtained settlements on behalf of a British multinational oil and gas company in private lawsuits arising out of a European Commission cartel investigation into the synthetic rubber industry.
• Defended an affiliate of a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation in a Sherman Act Section 2 (predatory pricing) case involving in-flight entertainment systems. The trial court granted summary judgment to the client.
• Defended a leading generic pharmaceutical company in an FTC investigation and multidistrict antitrust litigation arising out of a so-called “reverse payment” settlement of a Hatch-Waxman Act patent dispute. The Eleventh Circuit ruled for the defendants on appeal from a grant of partial summary judgment. 
• Trial counsel for a leading multinational pharmaceutical corporation in a landmark Sherman Act jury trial. The court awarded judgment as a matter of law to defendants after a 12-week trial; the judgment was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit.
• Represented and advised numerous clients in antitrust premerger matters under the Clayton Act and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Representing a digital marketing company and its members in a valuation dispute with a former member.
• Represented an investment company in mediating a malpractice dispute with a former law firm; obtained a settlement for the client.
• Represented an Armenian telecommunications company in International Chamber of Commerce arbitrations of disputes with the Republic of Armenia arising out of the construction of a telephony infrastructure.
• Represented a Romanian telecommunications company in International Chamber of Commerce arbitrations of disputes with contractors arising out of the construction of a telephony infrastructure.

• Press Release

  Blank Rome Adds Leading Group of Litigators in New York

  May 15, 2023

  Lisa M. Coyle, Massimo F. D'Angelo, Reena Jain, Craig Weiner, Robert Chester, Eamon O'Kelly

• Media Coverage

  Noteworthy Media

  Various Publications Through to 2023

  Eamon O'Kelly

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• 2010–2024, Antitrust Law and Litigation - Antitrust in New York, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
• 2023, New York Metro “Super Lawyer” in Antitrust Litigation, listed in Super Lawyers

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association

Eamon is a member of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association.

Admissions

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• New York
• U.S. Circuit Court - District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Education

• Fordham University, BA, summa cum laude
• New York University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude