White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Jack E. Pace III

Practice Experience

Mr. Pace is a member of White & Case's Global Competition and Commercial Litigation 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 regularly represents clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, financial services, agricultural and insurance industries.

Representative cases include the following:

Representing a leading global potash supplier in consolidated class actions involving claims under the antitrust laws.
Representing a leading credit reporting agency in an action brought by the dominant provider of consumer credit risk scoring services against the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies. The action includes claims under the antitrust, trademark and false advertising laws.
Represented a leading agribusiness company in connection with a number of antitrust 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 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 E-Discovery Committee and has many years of experience in coordinating discovery of electronic documents in litigation and advising companies on their document retention policies and systems. He also regularly publishes and presents on electronic discovery and other complex commercial litigation topics.

Mr. Pace is a member of the Board of Directors of Reach Out and Read of Greater New York, a non-profit organization focusing on pediatric literacy. He also serves as liaison 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 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 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

Panels/Speeches
Keynote speaker, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Job Fair (on private law firm support for public interest legal work), April 8, 2009
"Hot Topics in E-Discovery: Attorney-Client Privilege, New FRE 502, and Spoliation Sanctions," Bloomberg Litigation Seminar, June 5, 2008
"Managing Second Requests: Electronic Discovery," Antitrust Practicum Brown Bag Series, ABA Section of Antitrust Law and Young Lawyers Division Antitrust Committee, February 27, 2008
"Global Cartel Investigations and Recent Antitrust Law Developments: Japan, the EU, the US, and China," Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment, September 13, 2007
"Global Cartel Investigations and Recent Antitrust Law Developments: Japan, the EU, the US, and China," White & Case Tokyo Special Invitation Seminar, September 12, 2007
"Understanding Electronic Discovery," Agilysys eDiscovery Conference, June 14, 2007

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States