Early in his career, Mr. Markham worked as an associate in the antitrust practice of a major international law firm (Coudert Bros., now dissolved). During this period, he principally litigated claims and cross-claims under the Sherman Act in disputes that concerned (1) the alleged misuse of copyrights for computer software; and (2) competition among service-providers for the maintenance of computer hardware and other kinds of office equipment.
Some of these cases were major antitrust cases that received significant national attention in the early 1990s, and some of them were settled for substantial sums. One of these cases was successfully tried to a jury. In that case, Mr. Markham acted as a junior attorney for the trial team. Before leaving this firm, Mr. Markham was given authority to prepare and litigate a significant antitrust case.
