Marguerite S. Willis

Marguerite S. Willis practices in complex commercial litigation, with concentration in the antitrust field. She also has substantial experience in class action practice and in litigating matters involving claims of false advertising and vicarious corporate liability. She practices in both state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Ms. Willis graduated from the University of Michigan, with high honors, and the Stetson University College of Law, cum laude.

Ms. Willis is a frequent lecturer on topics including antitrust, class action practice, and law firm marketing. She lives with her husband, Mayor Frank E. Willis, in Florence, South Carolina.

• Former law clerk for the Honorable Paul H. Roney, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Honorable Peter T. Fay, United States District Court for the Seventh District of Miami.
• Ms. Willis joined Nexsen Pruet on May 1, 2000. Prior to that time, she was a partner in the law firm of Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP.
• Florida Bar - Former Out-of-State Governor
• Womens Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Past President
• YWCA - TWIN (Tribute to Women and Industry) Award - 2005

Ms. Willis' selected case experience includes serving as national counsel for a Fortune 100 company in its asbestos property damage litigation, for a major pharmaceutical company in over 4,000 cases involving claims of price-fixing and price discrimination under federal and state law, for a national billboard company in a case alleging monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and for a major options exchange in governmental investigations and parallel federal lawsuits involving claims of violations of the antitrust and securities laws.

• Marguerite Willis Re-Elected to SCWLA Board of Directors
• Marguerite Willis named one of five new Columbia College Board of Trustees members
  Columbia College has announced the appointment of five new members to its 27-member Board of Trustees, including Nexsen Pruet Member Marguerite S. Willis.
• 2nd Nexsen Pruet Attorney Elected to SC Chamber Board
  The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce elected officers and for 2002-2003. Nexsen Pruet attorneys Marguerite Wills and Tommy Lavender to serve.
• Nexsen Pruet Antitrust Team Tackling International Paper Case
  Timber landowners from NC & SC filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against International Paper & one of its suppliers, charging widespread price fixing of pulpwood timber.
• Nexsen Pruet assisting Outdoor Advertising Companies in Critical Issue
  Outdoor Advertising Companies Sue City of Myrtle Beach,
  Charge City Violating Free Speech
  

• Marion Crane, Benjamin Porter, and Robert Taylor, Plaintiffs, v. International Paper Company and CWC of North Carolina, Inc., Defendants
  Timber landowners from North and South Carolina filed a class action lawsuit in federal court today against International Paper (IP) and one of its suppliers, charging widespread price fixing of pulpwood timber that has cost the landowners many millions of dollars.