Amy Vegari is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation department. Ms. Vegari’s practice focuses on antitrust litigation and counseling, complex commercial litigation and arbitration, and internal and white-collar investigations. Ms. Vegari represents clients through all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation guidance, mediation, trial, and appeal. Her clients include pharmaceutical and health care companies, global financial institutions, and media companies.

Ms. Vegari maintains an active pro bono practice, litigating civil rights claims and representing individuals in state and local administrative actions. She serves as Co-Chair of Women Lawyers at Patterson.

Ms. Vegari served as a law clerk to the Hon. Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2012-2013. From 2011 to 2012, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert B. Kugler of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Antitrust/Competition

Represent one of the nation’s largest commercial banks in multidistrict litigation where plaintiffs allege Visa, Mastercard, and card-issuing banks conspired to inflate interchange rates associated with credit and debit card transactions.

Internal investigation of potential anticompetitive sales practices by medical device manufacturer.

Represent a former company president in multidistrict litigation alleging a pricing conspiracy among generic drug manufacturers.

Represent global bank in connection with several putative class actions alleging violations of the Sherman Act based on alleged collusion and manipulation of various benchmark rates.

Represent educational publisher in multidistrict litigation where putative class plaintiffs alleged violations of federal and state antitrust law, securing dismissal at pleading stage.

Advise pharmaceutical manufacturer on potential antitrust issues related to pricing of company’s blockbuster drug.

Advise health care provider regarding potential antitrust issues related to the provision of nationwide services.

Advertising/Consumer Protection Litigation

Represent pharmaceutical manufacturer in Lanham Act dispute where competitor alleged misleading promotion of scientific study, defeating motion for preliminary injunction after 2-day evidentiary hearing.

Represent pharmaceutical company against claims that pricing practices violated consumer protection statutes, including through bench trial.

Represent pharmaceutical manufacturer in defense of consumer protection claims brought by state’s attorney general alleging misleading direct-to-consumer promotion.

Represent electrical lighting manufacturer in Lanham Act competitor dispute.

Represent leading manufacturer of cleaning products in Lanham Act competitor dispute.

Represent a major dietary-supplement company in advertising putative class action involving a vitamin supplement.

Other Commercial Litigation

Represent multinational pharmaceutical company in tariff dispute with U.S. Customs, securing judgment in bench trial that was affirmed on appeal by the Federal Circuit.

Represent pharmaceutical company in arbitration alleging GMP violations by contract manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccine.

Represent news-media company in dispute over access to police body-worn camera footage.

Represent investment firm in arbitration against a former employee alleging defamation.

White Collar/Internal Investigations

Investigate allegations of antitrust and securities law violations on behalf of review committee in response to shareholder demands.

Represent bank in connection with an industry-wide government investigation into alleged manipulation of a benchmark rate for interest-rate swaps and options.

Represent an individual in connection with a Department of Justice investigation into alleged sanctions violations.

Represent an individual in connection with insider-trading investigation conducted by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pro Bono

Represent estate of individual killed by the Rochester Police Department.

Represent women’s health clinic in reproductive rights litigation against state.

Represent individuals in amending and/or expunging unfounded reports of maltreatment from New York Office of Children and Family Services Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.

  • Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; Third Circuit; Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of International Trade
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania

  • French

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (J.D., 2011)
    • Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
  • Brown University (Ph.D., 2008)
  • Harvard University (A.B., 2002)