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John “Jay” Jurata is a leading first-chair antitrust trial lawyer with almost 25 years’ experience representing clients in complex litigation, government investigations relating to monopolization and abuse of dominance, and mergers and acquisitions. A former surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Jurata is calm under fire when handling clients’ most high-stakes matters. His practice encompasses both U.S. and international competition law, with a focus on digital platforms and issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property. Mr. Jurata has represented many key players in the technology industry, including Microsoft, Zillow, TikTok, Sonos, and Sharp.
In a recent high-profile case, Mr. Jurata served as lead trial counsel defending Zillow in an antitrust, false advertising and unfair business practices lawsuit relating to the display of broker listing information. After a two-week trial, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington completely rejected REX’s claims for damages in excess of $1.2 billion before trebling. In March 2025, the Ninth Circuit affirmed both the jury’s verdict and Zillow’s dismissal of other claims at summary judgment.
In addition to his work with Zillow, Mr. Jurata currently is defending Microsoft in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk seeking to unwind Microsoft’s strategic partnership with OpenAI concerning artificial intelligence. He also represents Microsoft, Sonos and others in their roles as interested parties in the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google. Additionally, he is defending a major residential apartment provider against price fixing claims brought by the New Jersey Attorney General over the use of algorithmic rent price software.
Mr. Jurata also has a long history of representing clients at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property. Such matters include: acting for Sharp in a standards-essential patent licensing arbitration against InterDigital Corporation that sought US$390 million in damages; obtaining the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that iBiquity charged excessive royalties for its standards-essential patent portfolio; and winning a breach of contract lawsuit against an iBiquity patent licensee regarding that same portfolio.
Mr. Jurata is recognized as a leading antitrust litigator by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US and Global Competition Review. Chambers USA describes him as “a trial attorney noted for his expertise in antitrust matters as they pertain to IP law” and “is particularly notable for his representation of large technology clients,” and clients applaud him for being “really good at the interface between IP and antitrust.”
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- Villanova University, B.A., 1992
- University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2000, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Volume 37, San Diego Law Review
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- United States Court of International Trade
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- State Bar of Virginia
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