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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-5692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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James Kress
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
James Kress is a Partner in Baker Botts’ Antitrust and Competition Practice, where he represents clients in complex private antitrust and commercial litigation and before government agencies in merger and nonmerger antitrust investigations.
Mr. Kress has handled antitrust and other commercial litigation matters, both in competitor actions and class actions, in a wide range of industries including advertising, avionics, computer hardware, food and beverage, healthcare, petroleum and oilfield services, lodging, construction materials, waste disposal and industrial equipment. These matters have addressed a variety of substantive legal theories, including monopolization, monopsony, boycotts, vertical distribution practices, price-fixing and market division, as well as the appropriateness of class certification.
As one part of his civil nonmerger practice, Mr. Kress has extensive experience working at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property, including issues related to the acquisition, licensing and enforcement of standard essential patents. He has represented clients in connection with antitrust investigations into standards participation, patent licensing, patent transfers and enforcement practices before antitrust agencies worldwide, including the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and European Commission.
In connection with merger reviews, Mr. Kress has represented numerous clients through the merger review process before both the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Merger matters have included investigations involving health insurers, computer hardware and peripherals manufacturers, electronic media, coal mining, aerospace and defense, heavy construction equipment and industrial equipment.
Mr. Kress maintains an active antitrust counseling and compliance practice. He has structured and conducted antitrust audits and internal investigations related to price-fixing, bid-rigging and market allocation in a variety of industries.
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar
Maryland State Bar
United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Fifth Circuits
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1990
magna cum laude
B.S., University of Maryland 1987
cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense