US: Willkie ex-partner involved in MasterCard antitrust case

Tuesday afternoon at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, when the firm is slated to talk to retailers suing MasterCard about findings from Willkie’s internal investigation of the work of former partner Keila Ravelo.

Ravelo resigned from the firm in November, after Willkie learned she was under investigation by the U.S. attorney in Newark.

In late December, she was charged with wire fraud for allegedly setting up two sham litigation services companies that billed Hunton & Williams, more than $5 million.

On Friday, Willkie in-house general counsel Stephen Greiner sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie, who oversees the opt-out cases against Visa and MasterCard. The firm, Greiner said, launched an internal investigation when it learned of the government’s allegations against Ravelo. That review, the Willkie letter said, “has identified certain documents which we believe raise questions that appropriately should be discussed with the court concerning communications in which Ms. Ravelo was involved relating to this litigation.”

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