Julia Choi is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on complex commercial cases at both the trial and appellate levels. Julia has been involved in a variety of litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country. She has represented clients in cases involving class actions, commercial disputes, antitrust, securities fraud, and bankruptcy, and in various government investigations.
Experience
Representative Matters
Commercial Litigation
Trial counsel for BASF Corporation in litigation concerning alleged fraud, breaches of contract, theft of trade secrets, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
Counsel for a Madison Dearborn Partners’ portfolio company in litigation against TIAA stemming from the 2014 sale of Nuveen Investments, Inc.
Counsel for Honeywell in litigation brought by Garrett Motion seeking to invalidate over $1 billion in indemnity payments Garrett assumed as part of its spinoff from Honeywell.
Counsel for the State of Georgia in an original jurisdiction suit related to equitable apportionment of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin.
Counsel for Boeing in litigation brought by the Southwest Airlines pilots union arising out of the grounding of the 737 MAX aircraft.
Counsel for Navient Solutions in various Attorneys General litigations.
Antitrust Litigation
Counsel for JELD-WEN in nationwide class action suits alleging price-fixing of interior molded doors.
Securities Fraud and Shareholder Litigation
Counsel for Boeing against claims of securities fraud arising out of two accidents involving the 737 MAX aircraft.
Counsel for JELD-WEN and certain executives in securities class action litigation.
Trade Secrets Litigation
Counsel for Siemens Energy, Inc. in cases brought by direct competitors alleging trade secrets misappropriation in the gas turbine industry.
Counsel for Medidata Solutions, Inc. in litigation against Veeva Systems, Inc. arising out of Veeva’s misappropriation of trade secrets relating to Medidata’s SaaS products for clinical drug trials.
Government Investigations
Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in congressional investigations into drug pricing.
Counsel for Navient Solutions in various Attorneys General investigations.
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Laura Taylor SwainUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York2017–2018
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017
Law Clerk, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 2016
Law Clerk, Kim & Chang, 2016
Pro Bono
Counsel in lawsuits challenging as unconstitutional the U.S. government’s policy against providing Supplemental Security Income disability benefits to American citizens living on Guam.
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
District of Columbia
New York
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Languages
English
Korean
Education
Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2018
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Executive Director, Moot Court Program
Executive Editor, Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
University of California, BerkeleyB.A., Political Science & Legal Studies2013
