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Jeanifer Parsigian
Partner
An accomplished antitrust, sports, and commercial litigator, Jeanifer concentrates her practice on civil antitrust litigation with a particular focus in mixed issues of antitrust and intellectual property law, and class actions. She represents clients in some of the most complex antitrust, sports, and intellectual property disputes in the country at the trial and appellate levels. She has represented clients in high-profile matters such as the landmark Supreme Court decision against the NCAA on behalf of classes of D-I college athletes and Women’s National Soccer Team’s gender discrimination litigation. Jeanifer was recognized in 2023 as a Legal 500 US “Key Lawyer,” listed in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming Practitioner,” named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and selected as one of Law360’s Sports & Betting “Rising Stars” of 2022.
Key Matters
Federal Litigation Matters:
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House v. NCAA: On behalf of putative classes of student-athletes, the firm is fighting the NCAA for antitrust violations seeking prior damages for restraints on the use of student-athlete names, images, and likenesses. The Winston team beat a motion to dismiss in July 2021.
- Guden v. Stanford University: Serving as co-lead plaintiff counsel, filed an action seeking a preliminary injunction to stop Stanford University from terminating eight of its varsity sports teams. As a result of the lawsuit and pending preliminary injunction motion, Stanford announced the reinstatement of all eight eliminated teams. The action was withdrawn as the reinstatement of the teams by Stanford was a complete and total victory in May 2021.
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Jenkins v. NCAA and Alston v. NCAA et al.: Representation of classes of college athletes in antitrust in antitrust trial striking down anticompetitive NCAA rules.
- Morgan vs. USSF: Representation of a class of Women’s National Team soccer players in gender discrimination litigation against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
- Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC: Representation of global investment manager accused of group boycott claims under the Sherman Act and New York Donnelly Act and tortious interference with prospective business in claims.
- B&R Supermarket v. Visa et al.: Representation of defendant Discover Financial Services in a putative class action alleging violation of federal and state antitrust laws in connection with chip card technology.
- Med Vets Inc. et al. v. VIP Petcare Holdings Inc. et al.: Representation of PetIQ, a leading company in the pet medicine industry, in a private antitrust merger suit, and successfully obtained full dismissal with prejudice and affirmance at the 9th Circuit.
- Continental vs. Avanci et al.: Representation of a wireless connectivity patent portfolio company defending against high-profile monopolization, conspiracy, unfair competition, and breach of contract claims relating to purported FRAND obligations and joint licensing conduct.
- Super Slam, Ltd. v. ATP Tour, Inc.: Representation of Owner/organizer of Madrid Open tennis tournament in dispute with Association of Tennis Professionals.
- Ohio v. American Express: Representation of Discover Financial Services in Second Circuit and Supreme Court appeals with major industry implications.
- MegaFon v. HPE: Representation of MegaFon, a major telecom operator in the Russian federation, in fraud claims relating to failure of key systems upgrade.
- Global Cartel Defense: Representation of a major electronics manufacturer in multidistrict, putative class actions alleging conspiracies to fix prices of optical disk drives, lithium ion batteries, and capacitors.
- In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litigation: Representation of TreeHouse Foods, Inc., Bay Valley Foods, LLC, and Sturm Foods, Inc. in their antitrust lawsuit against Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. alleging anticompetitive exclusive dealing, conspiracy, monopolization, unfair competition, tying, anticompetitive product redesign, patent misuse, and sham litigation claims.
Other Relevant Experience:
- Representation of a former pharmaceutical executive in an investigation of alleged violations of Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act
- Representation of defendant in an arbitration matter alleging breach of contract and antitrust monopolization claims based on alleged abuse of intellectual property rights
- Representation of plaintiff SunLink Corporation in a contract dispute over solar construction development
- Representation of defendant Kenwood Investments No. 2, LLC in California court in a motion to compel arbitration in complex contract dispute over development of tribal gaming casino
Pro Bono:
- Equal Rights Amendment: Involved in the firm’s efforts to assist and support the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- 1983 Civil Rights litigation: Representation of a California inmate in civil rights claim against Richmond Police Department for assault during arrest. Conducted depositions of six police officers involved and leveraged effective discovery to five-figure settlement for client.
- Board of Immigration Appeals matter: Representation of a Cameroonian immigrant in a successful appeal of an order denying withholding of removal based on threat of persecution based on sexual orientation.