Mr. Pace is a member of White & Case's Global Competition and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. He concentrates on complex commercial litigation and counseling in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation.

Mr. Pace has extensive experience defending companies in complex, multi-jurisdictional class actions, including those involving claims under the antitrust laws, consumer protection statutes and Title VII.

Mr. Pace represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, financial services, agriculture, energy and insurance.

Representative cases include the following:

• Successfully defended a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer in preliminary injunction proceedings challenging FDA approval of a complex drug.
• Represented Experian Information Solutions, Inc. and obtained a jury verdict on all claims in an action brought by Fair Isaac Corporation involving allegations of unfair competition and trademark infringement in the sale of credit risk scoring services. The jury also found in favor of Experian on its counterclaim that the Plaintiff had committed fraud on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in obtaining its registration for the trademark-in-suit.
• Representing a leading global potash supplier in consolidated class actions involving claims under the antitrust laws.
• Represented Experian Information Solutions, Inc. and obtained dismissal of all antitrust and false advertising claims on summary judgment in an action brought by Fair Isaac Corporation against the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies and their joint venture.
• Represented a leading agribusiness company in connection with a number of antitrust class actions pertaining to the sale of genetically-modified seed and herbicide products. In the leading federal action, after an extensive evidentiary hearing on certification issues, the district court denied plaintiffs' motion to certify a nationwide class. The decision was upheld on appeal.
• Represented a leading pharmaceutical company in putative class actions involving claims under Title VII and the wage and hour laws, respectively. Obtained the dismissal of all claims against our clients in both matters on grounds of corporate separateness and plaintiffs' failure to justify piercing the corporate veil.
• Represented a major pharmaceuticals manufacturer in a monopolization case involving allegations of fraud on the United States Patent and Trademark Office and obtained successful resolution on the eve of trial.
• Represented a legal services support company in connection with a putative class action asserting claims under state deceptive and unfair trade practices laws. Obtained denial of class certification motion and dismissal of all claims against our client.
• Represented a nationwide chain of quick lube service centers in a putative class action on behalf of purchasers around the country. Obtained a precedent-setting dismissal of all claims against our client on personal jurisdiction grounds.
• Represented debtors and creditors in some of the largest bankruptcy proceedings in history, including the Adelphia Communications Corporation and Mirant Corporation matters.
• Represented a coalition of insurance companies in a 10-week jury trial, which led to the first verdict against the tobacco industry by a third-party payer.

Mr. Pace is an Associate Editor of Antitrust Magazine and regularly publishes articles on antitrust law, class certification and other complex commercial litigation topics.

Mr. Pace is a member of White & Case's Knowledge and Technology Committee and has many years of experience advising clients on e-discovery issues such as document retention policies, document collection and discovery management.

Mr. Pace is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Reach Out and Read of Greater New York, a not-for-profit organization focusing on pediatric literacy. He also serves as the supervising partner in connection with the Firm's work with inMotion, a not-for-profit organization that provides free legal and social services to low income women in New York City.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Education
JD, Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1998
BA, Fordham University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association, Litigation and Antitrust Sections
Antitrust Magazine, Editor

Publications
Contributor to Antitrust Law Developments (Seventh) (chapter on equitable and class action tolling) (forthcoming)
Contributing editor, The Monopolization and Dominance Handbook, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, July 2011
Co-author, "From Shady to Dark: One Year Later, Shady Grove's Meaning Remains Unclear," Antitrust, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2011 (with Rachel J. Feldman)
Co-author, "E-discovery 'Worst Practices': Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Mismanage Document Review and Production," 14 N.Y. Bus. L.J. 2, 62, Winter 2010 (with John D. Rue and Jason A. Bartlett)
Co-author, "E-discovery 'Worst Practices,'" 2 The Senior Lawyer 2, 33, Fall 2010 (with John D. Rue)
Co-author, "E-discovery 'Worst Practices': Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Mismanage a Litigation Hold," 13 N.Y. Bus. L.J. 2, 48, Fall 2009 (with John D. Rue)
Contributor to Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments for 2008 (chapter on vertical non-price restraints)
Co-author, "Early Reflections on e-Discovery in Antitrust Litigation: Ten Months into the New Regime," Antitrust, Volume 22, No. 1, Fall 2007 (with John D. Rue)
Co-author, "The Recent Wave, or Ripple, of Antitrust Class Certification Denials," Antitrust Practitioner, Volume 5, December 2006 (with Victoria L. Oswald)
"Testing the Security Blanket: An Analysis of Recent Challenges to Stipulated Blanket Protective Orders," Antitrust, Volume 19, No. 3, Summer 2005
Co-author, "Conspiratologists at the Gate: The Scope of Expert Testimony on the Subject of Conspiracy in a Sherman Act Case," Antitrust, Volume 17, No. 2, Spring 2003 (with Robert A. Milne)
"The Future of Legal Services: Legal and Ethical Implications of the LSC Restrictions," Forward, 25 Fordham Urban Law Journal, Page 279, 1998
"Automatic Stays and Governmental Operations: How New York State Protects the Government from the Poor," 24 Fordham Urban Law Journal, Page 137, 1996

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States