Leigha M. Beckman
Leigha Beckman defends clients in antitrust litigation, commercial litigation, and regulatory matters. She handles multidistrict litigation and class actions involving monopolization, price-fixing, exclusive dealing, and tying claims across industries, including digital technology platforms, online advertising, medical devices, and healthcare services. Her antitrust work spans case initiation, discovery, class certification, trial, and post-trial remedies. Leigha has a particular focus on managing economist experts and also handles global regulatory investigations and inquiries and counsels clients on antitrust and competitive risks.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Leigha served as an extern to Judge Jon S. Tigar of the US District Court for the Northern District of California and as a law clerk for the Federal Trade Commission’s Western Region San Francisco. Leigha also worked in dispute advisory services for financial, accounting, and intellectual property (IP) experts, serving as the engagement lead for client firms and managing all testifying expert work product produced in federal litigation, including expert reports and supporting analyses, with a focus on IP matters.
- A global technology company in multidistrict litigation alleging monopolization and tying claims through class certification, trial, and remedies phases
- A health system and its clinically integrated provider network in a putative class action alleging exclusive dealing, tying, and price-fixing theories
- A medical device manufacturer against claims of conspiracy and refusal to deal
- A global technology services company facing state statutory claims related to its advertising services
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2020, J.D., summa cum laude
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, 2012, B.S., business administration
- California
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
Recipient, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Lawyers to Watch Award, California Lawyers Association (2024)
Member, Antitrust Law Section, American Bar Association
Member, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association
Member, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, California Lawyers Association