Events
Ninth Annual Celebrating Women in Competition Law in California
March 5, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Covington & Burling LLP
Salesforce Tower
415 Mission Street, Suite 5400
San Francisco
When: March 5, 2026
Earn 1.0 Hour Recognition and Elimination of Bias
Join us in San Francisco on March 5, 2026 because the Ninth Annual “Celebrating Women in Competition Law in California” is back in town! Among our panel of exceptional female trailblazers of the competition bar are Megan E. Jones (Partner, Hausfeld), Beatriz Mejia (Partner, Cooley), Paradi Javandel (Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division) and Katie Larkin-Wong (Director, Competition and Litigation, Door Dash). Conversation is moderated by The Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
Agenda
5:00 – 5:30 PM | Registration and Welcome Reception
5:30 – 6:30 PM | Celebrating Women in Competition Law in California Panel
Speakers:
- Megan E. Jones, Partner, Hausfeld
- Beatriz Mejia, Partner, Cooley
- Paradi Javandel, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Katie Larkin-Wong, Director, Competition and Litigation, Door Dash
Moderator: The Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit
Co-Chairs:
- Jill M. Manning, Mediator, Arbitrator & Court-Appointed Neutral, JAMS
- Kate Patchen, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
- Bonnie Lau, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP
6:30 – 8:30 PM | Networking Reception
Speaker
Judge Lucy Koh
Judge Koh was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Biden in December 2021, to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by President Obama in June 2010, and to the California Superior Court for the County of Santa Clara by Governor Schwarzenegger in January 2008. She was formerly a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Silicon Valley; an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles; and in Washington, D.C., a Special Assistant to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick and a Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow on U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy’s Senate Judiciary Committee staff. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard.
Registration Information
| Type | Registration Fee |
|---|---|
| All Attendees | $25 |
| Law Students | Free |
Cancellations and refunds must be received in writing no later than February 19, 2026 and are subject to a 10% service fee. Refunds will not be provided after February 19, 2026.
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