Senior Associate

Oakland
555 12th Street
Suite 1230
Oakland CA 94607
TEL: (415) 633-1935
FAX: (415) 693-0770

abehti@zellelaw.com

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Practice Areas

Bar and Court Admissions

State Court: California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Education

University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2018
University of California, Irvine, B.A., Political Science and Government; Minor: Psychology & Social Behavior, 2014

Anjalee M. Behti

Anjalee’s practice focuses on complex, multidistrict and class action litigation, primarily in antitrust law. Anjalee has worked on monopolization and price-fixing cases spanning multiple industries, with significant experience in the financial and technological spheres. Anjalee’s experience spans the entire litigation process, including pre-suit investigation, case initiation, discovery, pre-trial motion practice, trial preparation, settlement, and appeal.

Prior to joining Zelle, Anjalee was an attorney at Saveri & Saveri, Inc., a law firm in San Francisco that specializes in complex civil litigation. Anjalee also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Edward M. Chen of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.

Anjalee is a member of Zelle's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and Subcommittee on Hiring.

Representative Matters

Represents Freddie Mac and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for 38 Closed Banks in the LIBOR antitrust litigation. (In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litig., No. 11-md-2262-NRB (S.D.N.Y.))

Represents Plaintiffs One Source Heating & Cooling, LLC and Thoughtworx, Inc. d/b/a MCM Services Group in a multidistrict litigation accusing the TV industry of fixing ad prices. (In Re: Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litig., No. 1:18-cv-06785 (N.D. Ill.))

Represents Verizon as a third-party in lawsuits against Google for the unlawful maintenance of monopolies in the markets for general search services and in the Android app distribution market. (United States of America et al v. Google LLC, No. 1:20-cv-03010 (D.D.C.); In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litig., No. 21-md-2981 (N.D. Cal.))

Represented PABCO Building Products LLC in its defense of claims filed by several individual builders that accuse the domestic suppliers of drywall of engaging in a price-fixing conspiracy. (Ashton Woods Holdings L.L.C., et al. v. USG Corp., et al., No. 4:15-cv-01247-HSG (N.D. Cal.))

Represented direct purchaser plaintiffs in a consolidated class action lawsuit involving diminished performance of iPhone devices. (In Re: Apple Inc. Device Performance Litig., No. 5:18-md-02827-EJD (N.D. Cal.))

Represented a nationwide class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in the Cathode Ray Tube antitrust litigation alleging price-fixing. (In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litig., No. 4:07-cv-5944 JST (N.D. Cal.))

Articles & Presentations

Trump’s Ruthless Expansion of the Mexico City Policy Threatens Reproductive Health Abroad, 53 U.S.F. L. Rev. 117 (2019), author

"The Unique Challenges of Obtaining Foreign Discovery", ABA Section of Antitrust Law Annual Spring Meeting, Virtual, March 23-26, 2021, co-author

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section
American Bar Association, Joint Conduct Committee Young Lawyer Representative (2021-2022)
Asian American Bar Association, Member
California Lawyers Association – Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law – Publications Standing Committee
National Lawyers Guild – S.F. Bay Area Chapter
The Bar Association of San Francisco – Antitrust and Business Regulation Section

Community Service

Tutor and grader for University of San Francisco School of Law Academic Bar Exam Success Program.
Volunteer for Prisoner’s Literature Project, a nonprofit organization that sends free reading materials to incarcerated people across the country.

Noteworthy

Named to the Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Stars List 2020-2022 as a top-rated antitrust litigation attorney.