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Mackenzie Newman
Senior Associate — Complex Commercial Litigation
E: mnewman@velaw.com T: +1.212.237.0226
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Senior Associate — Complex Commercial Litigation

Mackenzie Newman

Mackenzie Newman
New York
T: +1.212.237.0226
F: +1.917.849.5390

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

E: mnewman@velaw.com
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Mackenzie Newman

Mackenzie is a commercial litigator with a focus on antitrust litigation, including business-to-business disputes and class actions.  She also has experience in a range of commercial disputes, including cases involving securities, contract, and tort claims.  She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal litigations.

Mackenzie also maintains an active pro bono practice, often representing incarcerated people who have been denied parole in appeals to the Parole Board and, if unsuccessful, filing Article 78 petitions on their behalf in New York state courts.

Experience Highlights

  • Representing a major healthcare system in a case alleging a conspiracy among commercial insurance companies to depress out-of-network reimbursements to healthcare providers

  • Representing a property management company in a class action alleging the existence of a conspiracy to increase the price of apartments using a common algorithm

  • Representing a real estate agency in a class action alleging price-fixing of brokers’ commissions in coordination with a trade association

  • Assisted in securing complete dismissal of a securities fraud class action against a multinational consumer goods corporation alleging misstatements and omissions regarding a subsidiary in its securities filings

  • Assisted in obtaining dismissal followed by a favorable settlement of a putative class action against entities alleged to operate a cryptocurrency platform in a case involving claims of intentional and negligent misrepresentation and negligence

  • Assisted in a successful appeal to the First Department, securing dismissal of a case involving a claim of aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against broker defendants alleged to have provided “sham” quotes to employees of a defunct hedge fund

Credentials

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, J.D., cum laude, 2018
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, B.A. Foreign Affairs and Spanish, 2015
  • Pro Bono Advisory Council: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
  • New York City Bar Association: Encourage Judicial Service Committee, Secretary
  • American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section
  • New York
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

News & Insights

Insight
SCOTUS Unanimously Resolves Securities Fraud Circuit Split
Regulatory Roundup
April 17, 2024
Insight
White House’s “Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing” Advances an Old Antitrust Agenda Under a New Name

V&E Antitrust Update

Regulatory Roundup
March 26, 2024
Insight
Item 303 Circuit Split to be Heard in the Next SCOTUS Term
Regulatory Roundup
October 6, 2023