Richard Mooney litigates and arbitrates complex commercial disputes throughout the United States and internationally, with a particular focus on transnational disputes and matters involving antitrust and/or intellectual property issues. His antitrust and competition experience includes both providing compliance advice to industry-leading corporations and representing plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, California’s Cartwright Act and Unfair Practices Act, EU Articles 101 and 102, and the Korean Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. His intellectual property experience includes counseling and litigation/arbitration involving trade secret, copyright, and patent disputes, with an emphasis on the relationship between patent and antitrust law. Mr. Mooney’s recent clients include individuals, small companies, and major corporations from throughout the United States and nearly a dozen other countries who he has represented in state and federal trial and appellate courts and in arbitration proceedings before JAMS and AAA. He strives to offer each client thoughtful analysis, sound judgment, aggressive litigation (where appropriate), and close attention to client service.

Mr. Mooney began his career as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Amalya L. Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, and then spent 10 years at two of California’s most prestigious law firms before joining a small regional firm that recently combined with Bryan Cave. His pro bono work includes a significant victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that halted efforts to weaken the famous "dolphin safe" standard for canned tuna.

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Mr. Mooney's litigation and arbitration experience includes:

• Representation of a major international payment card system in a multi-billion antitrust dispute in the Northern District of California, with respect to additional antitrust actions in the Eastern District of New York, in California Superior Court class actions relating to international payment fees, and in a review of global pricing strategy.
• Representation of an international video game company as first chair in a five week jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.
• Representation of a major online payment network in a major antitrust dispute in the Northern District of California.
• Representation of a major silicon valley software company in patent and antitrust litigation in the Northern District of California.
• Representation of a major flash memory manufacturer in patent litigation in the Northern District of California.
• Representation of a major electronics firm in patent and antitrust litigation in the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Representation of a significant California business "incubator" in patent infringement litigation in the District of Delaware.
• Representation of a leading advertising agency in a multi-million dollar commercial lease dispute in San Francisco Superior Court.
• Representation of a significant California telephony company in trade secret actions against its largest competitor in California Superior Court and JAMS arbitration.
• Representation of a public records search firm in defense of a 42-count complaint alleging copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, cybersquatting, and related claims in the Central District of California and in litigation and arbitration in California and Washington Superior Court of disputes with a major internet portal and a major personal information services firm.
• Representation of an arts dealer against America's best-selling painter and his company in arbitration before JAMS involving copyright, trademark, and licensing issues.
• Representation of an international financial services company from Jersey (Channel Islands) in a dispute related to management of investment funds with interrelated lawsuits in federal and state court in California and in the courts of Jersey, England, and Austria.
• Mr. Mooney's pro bono work has included a significant victory before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit halting Commerce Department efforts to water down the famous "dolphin safe" standard for canned tuna.

Bar and Court Admissions

California, 1995

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California

Education

University of Michigan, J.D., magna cum laude, 1993

Harvard College, A.B., cum laude, 1989

Publications

• "Court Is Urged: Let Mexican Tuna Be Imported," San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 17, 2006
• "A Question of Sport: Does the US Treatment of Football Offer Any Solutions for the UK?," Competition Law Insight, Aug. 9, 2005

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association-Antitrust Law Section, International Law Section
• California Bar Association
• San Francisco Bar Association
• ABA Antitrust Law Section and ABA International Law Section