Joshua Lipton > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20036-5306
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Work Department

Antitrust and Competition.

Position

Josh maintains a broad-based antitrust and consumer protection practice, including litigation, merger and acquisition investigations, civil and criminal investigations by government authorities, and antitrust counseling. His representative matters include defending AT&T against DOJ’s challenge to AT&T’s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner, defending Smithfield Foods in class action antitrust litigation, representing Marriott in securing global antitrust clearance in its $13.8 billion acquisition of Starwood, and authoring the briefs to the Supreme Court in the landmark Leegin case.

Career

For more information, please visit https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/lipton-joshua/.

Education

JD, magna cum laude, first in his class, University of Michigan School of Law, 1998; member of the Michigan Law Review.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher boasts a leading antitrust practice with expertise in private competition litigation, appeals, and class actions. The team also advises on investigations and is pivotal in facilitating its clients’ key transactions. Its enviable client roster includes blue-chip companies from the pharma, real estate, sports, TMT, and food and beverage sectors. Rachel Brass and Stephen Weissman co-chair the practice from San Francisco and Washington DC respectively. Brass has extensive experience in high-stakes competition litigation across all levels of the US justice system. Weissman is a distinguished advocate for domestic and international companies facing antitrust litigation brought by the FTC and DOJ. Operating out of Los Angeles, Daniel G. Swanson is a skilled trial and appellate lawyer with expertise in monopolization, abuse of dominance, and price-fixing cases. In Washington, DC, co-chair Cynthia Richman bolsters the team with her deep knowledge of cartel investigations and class action matters. Also in DC, Joshua Lipton manages antitrust and consumer protection litigations in state and federal courts.