Areas of Practice
- Antitrust & Competition
- Complex Litigation & Discovery Center
- Litigation
- Products Liability, Pharmaceutical & Mass Tort Litigation
- Toxic Tort
- Worldwide Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Languages
- Spanish
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, 2005
- Columbia Law School, J.D., Whitney North Seymour Medal, 1996
- Amherst College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1993
Judicial Clerkships
- Hon. Baltasar Corrada del Río, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1996-1997
Bar & Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Magaz
Partner
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.8110
FAX: 202.261.0598
Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Magaz is a partner in the antitrust, international, and litigation departments of Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Antitrust and Competition Law
Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz’s practice covers several fields of antitrust litigation, including price-fixing claims, refusals-to-deal, and matters pertaining to vertical restraint of competition. He has prepared market-analysis premerger submissions to US, European, and Latin American antitrust authorities; and has provided legal advice on the interaction of US antitrust statutes and their Latin American counterparts. Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz has also provided guidance, and prepared compliance manuals, regarding search warrants and “dawn raids.”
Litigation and Arbitration
Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz is experienced in several areas of US and international litigation, including products liability, mass torts, sales practices, intellectual property, and insurance disputes. He is a member of a defense team for asbestos, welding fumes, and silica claims, for which he has appeared in courts across the United States. Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz has defended the intellectual property rights of clients in patent and trademark litigations before federal courts and the US International Trade Commission. Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz also has significant experience in principal-agent litigation distribution statutes (e.g., Puerto Rico Law 75, Costa Rica Law 6209), and disputes between hotel owners and operators. Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz has extensive experience formulating e-discovery processes and litigating e-discovery disputes.
International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Mr. Gonzalez-Magaz represents clients in arbitrations before ICSID, ICC, and other international fora. Working with local counsel, he has advised multinational clients regarding commercial issues under the laws of the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and other countries.
Select News & Events
- Jose Gonzalez–Magaz Presents on the Noerr Pennington Antitrust Doctrine in Brazil, August 2, 2010
- E-Discovery Presentation, March 19, 2010
- Presentation on the Leniency Program of the US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, November 11, 2009
- Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Magaz Presented at the 4th Annual Colloquium on Competition Law, October 16, 2009
- Webcast: Electronic Data Discovery Technology & Terminology – A Primer for In-House Counsel, July 26, 2007, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
- Jose Gonzalez-Magaz Spoke on Corruption Allegations in International Arbitration Cases at Conference of the Inter-American Bar Association, June 15, 2007
Selected Publications
- October 17, 2006, An extract from The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2007, a Global Competition Review special report
- April 14, 2006
