Antitrust Experience

First three years of practice: antitrust section at Hunton & Williams—antitrust counseling and litigation

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

Frequent speaker (before 1989) 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

Antitrust