PRACTICE FOCUS Litigation, Business Law, Employee Benefit Plans Randall B. Weill is a former Trial Attorney for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and concentrates on the resolution of business disputes with a focus on complex commercial litigation, unfair competition and antitrust issues. He also counsels business clients on various corporate and commercial matters, including Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and rights and obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Randall is the contributing author for the United States for Serving Process and Obtaining Evidence Abroad, a yearbook published in 1998 by Kluwer Law International. He also authored an article on business activities outside the United States that can create jurisdiction in the United States Courts in "International Judicial Assistance in Civil Matters," a 1999 publication of The Center for International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. He was born in Port Jervis, New York, and graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, in 1969 with a bachelor of science degree in geology. He earned his law degree in 1977 at the University of Virginia School of Law.   Following law school, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., with Howrey & Simon, a firm specializing in antitrust litigation, from 1977 until he joined the Justice Department in 1980. He joined Preti Flaherty in 1983. He is a member of the Maine State and Cumberland County bar associations and the Antitrust section of the American Bar Association. Randall currently serves on the Board of Advisory Trustees of the Portland Stage Company. He is a former chairman of the Fort Williams Advisory Commission, a former member of the committee that created the museum now located at the lighthouse keeper's quarters at Portland Head Light and a past chairman of the Cape Elizabeth Television Advisory Board. He and his wife, Kitty Coughlin, live in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and have two daughters, Virginia and Olivia.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Semi-Materials Co. Lld v MEMC Electronic Materials et al - Represent Korean manufacturer of solar energy products in breach of contract claim against U.S. manufacturer of polysilicon.

Karen Dejoe v. Unum Life Insurance Company – Represent plaintiff seeking to recover disability benefits.

Lisa King v. Wyeth – Represented Wyeth in diet drug litigation in Maine.

Robert Sheckley v. Lincoln National Employee Retirement Plan – Represented plaintiff in ERISA class action to recover vested retirement benefits.

Catherine Knowles v. VISA USA – Represented VISA USA in antitrust indirect purchaser class action.

Melnick v. Microsoft Corporation – Represented Microsoft in antitrust class action concerning its Windows operating system. 

Dentone v. Wyeth  – Represented defendant pharmaceutical manufacturer in antitrust action relating to the marketing and sale of generic drugs.

Robinson Manufacturing v. Bank of America Commercial LLC  –  Represented Bank of America in commercial dispute concerning factoring of woolen mill receivables.  

Terry Cohn v. Gavin Ruotolo – Represented English vintage car dealer seeking recovery of assets in connection with the importation of Romanian cars and trucks.

Davric Maine v. Rancourt  – Represented defendant accused of antitrust violations in connection with harness horseracing in Maine.

Millett v. Atlantic Richfield, et al. - Represented Atlantic Richfield in class action concerning gasoline additive MTBE and groundwater contamination.

Karofsky v. Abbott Laboratories, et al. - Represented American Home Products in antitrust class action concerning brand name pharmaceutical pricing.

National Semiconductor v. Foxboro - Represented National Semiconductor in dispute regarding design and installation of computerized control system for semiconductor fabrication cleanroom.

Lewiston Auburn Cellular Inc, et al.. v. Nynex Mobile Communications Company – Represented local cellular telephone company in partnership dispute arising out of loss of FCC cellular license for Portland, Maine.

Key Bank of Maine v. Mariculture, Inc. - Represented Key Bank of Maine in lender liability action arising out of the seizure of salmon aquaculture operation.

Northeast Doran v. Key Bank of Maine - Represented Key Bank of Maine in claims arising out of foreclosure sale of environmentally contaminated property.

Sandy River Nursing Home v. National Counsel of Compensation Insurers, et al. - Represented Peerless Insurance Company in antitrust action concerning Maine workers’ compensation insurance market.

Marshall v. H. M. Payson, et al. - Represented plaintiff in securities action against investment advisor/broker.

Wal-mart Associates Health & Welfare Plan v. Lepine - Represented ERISA plan seeking recovery of benefit payments from proceeds of settlement.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine v. Maine Grocers Association Insurance Trust, - Represented ERISA plan in claim arising out of prohibited transactions by Plan Administrator.

Admissions

Maine; U.S. District Court, District of Maine; U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Claims Court; U.S. Tax Court.

Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1977
B.S., Washington and Lee University, 1969 (Cum Laude, Geology)