Anna Meyendorff, PhD

Anna Meyendorff co-chairs the Antitrust Practice at Bates White. She has extensive experience testifying and consulting on complex litigation and arbitration matters. She leads teams that conduct data analysis and market research and performs class certification, liability, and damages analyses. She has worked on projects in various industries, including media and entertainment, technology, communications, and consumer products, among others.

Dr. Meyendorff has held a number of academic positions with the University of Michigan and has conducted many academic and policy-centered research studies, focusing on the financial sector and business development in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.

PhD, Economics, University of California, Berkeley

MA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

BA, Political Economy, Princeton University (magna cum laude)

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• Serving as testifying expert for class certification and damages in In Re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation, a class action lawsuit alleging price fixing in the energy industry.
• Retained on behalf of the government of Türkiye, the respondent in Westwater v. Republic of Türkiye, in an international arbitration matter under ICSID rules. 

• Serving as testifying expert for liability and damages on behalf of the plaintiff in Cedar AI, Inc. v. Railcar Management, LLC, GE Transportation, Wabtec Corporation, regarding antitrust counterclaims to intellectual property litigation alleging monopolization and exclusionary conduct in the market for transportation management systems for short line railroads. 

• Serving as testifying expert for liability and damages in Genus Medical Technologies, LLC v. Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., et al. regarding claims of monopolization and exclusionary conduct in the markets for pharmaceuticals used in medical diagnostics. 

• Serving as consulting expert for liability and damages related to claims of wage fixing in the aerospace industry.
• On behalf of Williams International, served as testifying expert before the American Arbitration Association in Dodson International Parts, Inc. v. Williams International Co., LLC.
• Leading the team supporting the expert in a Section 337 antitrust investigation before the International Trade Commission.
• Supported testifying expert on behalf of several direct action plaintiffs, including Avent, in In re Capacitors Antitrust Litigation. A California federal jury returned a verdict for Avnet in the amount of $89.2 million.
• Supported lead consulting expert for a top US medical school and healthcare provider in estimating the research and business losses occurring after a natural disaster.
• In Determination of Rates and Terms for Making and Distributing Phonorecords, supported expert regarding appropriate mechanical royalty payments under Section 115 of the Copyright Act.

Pre-Bates White experience

• Served as testifying expert in Mark A. Kielb v. Wayne State University Board of Governors.
• Served as testifying expert in In re Graphics Processing Units Antitrust Litigation.
• Served as testifying expert in Concurrent Computer Corporation v. Vicor Corporation.
• Served as testifying expert in Ericsson Inc. v. Vicor Corporation.
• In MarleenLaPlant, et al. v. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, served as project director leading class certification research.