A member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition and Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice Groups, Patrick J. Jones represents clients in a broad range of litigation and investigatory matters, including antitrust litigation and regulatory investigations, product liability and consumer protection litigation, and false claims and white collar investigations. His experience spans a broad spectrum of industries including digital currencies, financial services, aviation, defense contracting, healthcare, medical devices, telecommunications, and automobiles.
Patrick has represented clients at every stage of litigation. He has briefed dispositive and pretrial motions in federal district court and several state courts; supported the direct and cross-examination of witnesses at depositions and trial; and briefed cases in support of clients in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and several state courts of appeal. Recently, Patrick was a key member of the team that won dismissal for several clients in the first antitrust case involving the cryptocurrency industry, United American Corp. v. Bitmain, Inc.
Patrick also maintains an active pro bono practice. He has briefed and argued a family law case before a state court of appeal, and has represented a client in a special education proceeding in which he successfully negotiated a favorable settlement prior to the administrative trial.
- Member of team that represented C.R. Bard at trial in AngioDynamics v. Bard (N.D.N.Y), where the plaintiff sought to prove Bard had unlawfully tied its peripherially inserted central catheters to the innovative technology it invented to assist nurses during the insertion procedure. After a four week trial in 2022, the team secured a complete victory for Bard.
- Member of team that represented American Airlines (as successor in interest to US Airways) in US Airways Inc v. Sabre (S.D.N.Y.), which culminated in a four week jury trial where the trial team secured a successful jury verdict against Sabre finding that Sabre illegally maintained its monopoly power in the Sabre distribution market. This landmark case is the first two-sided market case to be tried to a jury.
- Member of team that represented American Airlines in breach of contract litigation against Sabre in Texas state court, including at a week-long temporary injunction hearing.
- Member of team that represented Wells Fargo in several actions alleging collusion among traders of bonds issued by government sponsored enterprises. One of the principal drafters of several successful motions to dismiss.
- Member of team that represented Bitcoin.com in United American Corp. v. Bitmain, Inc. et al. (S.D. Fla. 2018), the first antitrust case involving crypto currency. Played a key role in drafting multiple rounds of motions to dismiss, including the final joint motion to dismiss the court granted it with prejudice in 2021. United Am. Corp. v. Bitmain, Inc., 530 F. Supp. 3d 1241, 1249 (S.D. Fla. 2021).
- Member of team that represented Samsung Bioepis in In re Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation, the first “reverse-payment” litigation involving biologics and biosimilars. In June 2020, the district court granted in full defendants' motion to dismiss.
- Member of trial team that represented Johnson & Johnson in action brought by the State of California alleging violations of California’s Unfair Competition and False Advertising Laws.
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
Education
- Duke University, J.D., 2017: Research Editor, Duke Law Journal; Order of the Coif
- Williams College, B.A., 2011
Professional Activities
Clerkships
- Honorable Robert Chatigny, US District Court, Connecticut
Experience
- US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Summer Intern
- The Schlitt Law Firm, Legal Analyst
- Covenant Preparatory School, AmeriCorps Teacher