1973-1976: antitrust section at Hunton & Williams—antitrust counseling and litigation
1976-1989: antitrust litigation accounted for over half of experience (Susman, Godfrey & McGowan or its predecessor); notable cases:
- Folding Carton Antitrust Litigation (price fixing)
- Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation (price fixing)
- Rebar Steel case (price fixing)
- Laundry Supplies case (price fixing)
- Peanut Seed case (buyer price fixing)
- defended Dunlop in price discrimination case brought by tire dealer
- defended Coca-Cola bottler in monopolization case
- represented Dunlop as plaintiff in tennis ball attempt-to-monopolize case (trial in Chicago)
- represented industrial spark plug manufacturer in monopolization case (trial in Beaumont)
- represented terminated dealer in vertical price-fixing case (trial in Houston; argued 5th Cir. appeal; argued appeal before U.S. Supreme Court)
- milk antitrust case (price fixing)
- represented municipal-owned electric utility vs. private electric utility (monopolization)
- defended anesthesiologist against claim by nurse anesthetist; exclusive contract between hospital and anesthesiologist (Sherman Act §1 and §2)
- defended blowout preventer manufacturer in monopolization suit brought by competing manufacturer
- represented three terminated tire dealers in Sherman Act §1 case vs. tire manufacturer
former Chairman of Antitrust Section, State Bar of Texas
during late 1970’s and 1980’s, frequent speaker at antitrust law seminars
mediated over 10 antitrust matters; for example:
- alleged conspiracy to fix price of chemical feed stocks; mediated in Washington, DC
- alleged monopolization of long distance telephone service between foreign country and U.S.
- alleged monopolization of tortilla market in Houston
- alleged monopolization of soft drink sales in East Texas markets
- alleged monopolization of U.S. market for sale of emergency tire-leak sealant fluid
- vertical price-fixing
sole arbitrator of case asserting alleged monopolization of U.S. market for the development and sale of medical device
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