Caroline Van Wagoner represents companies in complex civil litigation and government and internal investigations. She has experience in all stages of litigation and in a variety of matters, including antitrust and unfair competition, class actions, fraud, commercial disputes, and intellectual property. Caroline also defends clients in investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Caroline recently represented a health care provider in parallel federal and state class actions that alleged tying and market leveraging. She was part of the team that secured a complete defense verdict on the client's behalf after a five-week jury trial. Caroline worked on all aspects of party, third-party, and expert discovery, class certification, dispositive motion practice, and trial preparation. Her other recent matters include defending a pharmaceutical manufacturer in nationwide class action and multidistrict litigation against antitrust and consumer protection claims and defending a company in the railroad industry against claims of anticompetitive conduct. Caroline has also represented companies in complex, multijurisdictional investigations.
Caroline maintains an active pro bono practice. Most recently, she represented three domestic violence victims in evidentiary hearings to secure permanent restraining orders on their behalf. In addition, she has successfully represented asylum seekers.
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Additional Publications
Publications Prior to Jones Day
2013
To Protect and Serve: Access to Justice for Victims of Notario Fraud in the Nation's Capital, coauthor, Georgetown Law in partnership with Ayuda (available on the ABA's Fight Notario Fraud website)
2012
Note, Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole: Calloway v. Commissioner's Analytical Shortcomings, 66 Tax Law. 273
- Georgetown University (J.D. 2013); Rhodes College (B.A. 2007)
- California and U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of California
- California and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Law Clerk to Judge Roger T. Benitez, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (2016-2017)