Jonathan B. Pitt handles a wide variety of complex civil and criminal trial and appellate matters involving the antitrust laws, the federal securities laws, executive compensation, white-collar criminal defense, the Lanham Act, and RICO.  In the field of antitrust law, Mr. Pitt has successfully defended individuals against charges of price-fixing, and a major motion picture studio against claims of monopolization and tying; has served as antitrust counsel to a major trade association; and was actively involved in the firm's representation of the nine non-settling plaintiff States in the Microsoft antitrust case.  In other areas, Mr. Pitt has secured the dismissal, on forum non conveniens grounds, of a major tort action based upon events allegedly occurring in Latin America; has conducted internal corporate investigations into allegations of wrongdoing under the federal False Claims Act, the anti-kickback laws, and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and has litigated several highly contested and sensitive private disputes for individual clients, involving considerable assets. Mr. Pitt also participates in the firm's pro bono practice, having successfully represented an impecunious plaintiff in an NASD arbitration against a Wall Street bank (obtaining a payment thirty-three times the size of the bank's initial settlement offer); and having successfully defended a local small-business owner against a lawsuit that threatened to destroy the business.

Mr. Pitt is Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught Antitrust Law since 2005.

Before joining Williams & Connolly LLP, Mr. Pitt served as law clerk to the Honorable Ralph K. Winter, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Before attending law school, Mr. Pitt served as Assistant Deputy Mayor to Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. Rendell.  Mr. Pitt holds advanced degrees from the Yale Law School and the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania; and a bachelor's degree from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.