Perry Lange > WilmerHale > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

WilmerHale
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
United States
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Work Department

Antitrust and Competition ; Antitrust Litigation ; Congressional Investigations ; Cross-Border Investigations and Compliance ; Intersection of Antitrust and IP ; Investigations ; State Attorneys General ; Trials

Position

Partner

Career

Perry Lange represents clients in diverse antitrust matters before US courts, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general and Congress. He has extensive experience litigating antitrust cases, including trials and appeals, securing merger clearance, and defending state and federal investigations. He has also represented a diverse set of clients in antitrust policy matters such as congressional investigations and hearings in both the House and Senate, including in the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, and the House Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and Small Business Committees.

Mr. Lange has represented companies in the high technology, telecommunications, entertainment, automotive, retail, media, pharmaceutical, energy, manufacturing, financial services and transportation sectors.

Earlier in Mr. Lange’s professional career, he worked for seven years in the United States Congress, including as a legislative assistant for a member of the Senate and a legislative director for a member of the House of Representatives. He was also a senior legislative representative for a US civil rights/civil liberties organization.

Professional Activities

Mr. Lange is a vice-chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Joint Conduct Committee. He is the editorial chair of the section’s handbook Intellectual Property Misuse: Licensing and Litigation, 2nd edition, editorial chair of the Restraints of Trade chapter of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments, and an editor of Joint Ventures: Antitrust Analysis of Collaborations Among Competitors, 3rd edition (forthcoming).

Mr. Lange also has an active pro bono practice in which he has represented clients such as a disabled Iraq war veteran, a small business owner, and a federal employee in civil rights and benefits matters before US courts, federal agencies and local government.

Memberships

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Education

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2005

BA, International Relations and Economics, Tufts University, 1996

Lawyer Rankings

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

Acting for major blue-chip corporations in the tech industry, WilmerHale’s antitrust and competition team fields a strong bench of litigators with significant agency expertise that routinely defends leading companies and individuals in the full range of contentious antitrust mandates. Thomas Mueller heads the team and is a seasoned antitrust litigator with a focus on cartel matters; he works alongside FTC trial counsel Jennifer Milici, who focuses on high-stakes litigation in the antitrust space with an emphasis on regulatory issues. On the litigated merger challenge front, Dominic Vote is the name to note, while New York’s David Gringer takes point on cases tried under section 7 of the Clayton Act as well as claims under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. In Boston, Mark Ford handles cases concerning alleged monopolization, price fixing, and bid rigging; his practice also covers IP-related antitrust issues. The ‘excellentSteven Cherry is another key name for class actions, while Perry Lange has a broad antitrust focus that spans merger clearance, investigations, and trials and appeals. Unless otherwise stated, all mentioned lawyers are based in Washington DC.