Beatriz Mejia

Beatriz Mejia's practice focuses on complex business disputes and general business litigation. In recent years, Beatriz’s practice has focused on international cartel investigations and related litigation. Her experience includes representing both corporations and individuals in government investigations brought by antitrust authorities around the world, including the US, Europe, Korea and Japan, and in litigation brought in multi-district and related class actions. Beatriz also has represented clients in antitrust litigation involving a range of federal and state antitrust claims, including monopolization claims. She currently serves as Northern California head of Cooley's business litigation practice.    

Representative matters include:

• electronics company in connection with investigations conducted by various competition authorities around the world, including DOJ, and related litigation arising from allegations of pricing fixing and market restriction; 
• graphics company in connection with DOJ criminal investigation and related litigation arising from price fixing allegations;
• various high-tech companies in connection with DOJ antitrust investigation of hiring practices; 
• Tyco Healthcare Group in antitrust action challenging contracts with group purchasing organizations; 
• large venture capital firm and one of its managing members in defending claims arising from the merger of a company in which the venture capital firm invested; 
• employment action involving high level executive and the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition and other related claims; 
• executive under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors for violating the Economic Espionage Act.

Beatriz is an active member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, the California La Raza Lawyers Association and La Raza Lawyers Association of San Francisco. She is a former President and Executive Board member of the California La Raza Lawyers Association and is currently serving as Treasurer. She is also a former Board of Directors member of La Raza Lawyers Association of San Francisco. Beatriz is currently serving as a Board member for Centro Legal de La Raza, a legal services agency in Oakland. She is also a Board member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and Vice Chair of the Cartel & Criminal Practice Committee, America Bar Association's Antitrust Section. Beatriz is currently serving as a member of the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Northern District of California.

Beatriz is fluent in Spanish.