Bartlit Beck LLP

Partner

Tried over 70 major cases. Named one of America's "Lions of the Trial Bar," ABA Journal. Trial techniques described in recent books on the leading trial lawyers in the United States. ("The Trial Lawyers," St. Martin's Press, NY; "America's Top Trial Lawyers—Who They Are & Why They Win," Prentice Hall, NJ.) Described by The National Law Journal as "... personally one of the most successful corporate defense litigators ever, with a long history of big wins." "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers," The National Law Journal.

National trial practice-trials in state and federal courts and before Federal regulatory agencies in Akron, Albuquerque, Alexandria, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Erie, Hardford, Hawaii, Houston, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York, New Orleans, Orange County, Pittsburgh, Rockford, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, St. Louis, St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), Tallahassee, Tampa, Topeka, United Kingdom (Scotland), Washington, D.C., White Plains, and Wilmington. Acted as lead trial counsel in British courts (North Sea Piper Alpha offshore platform disaster litigation).

Technical, Patent, and Product Litigation Automotive; aviation; chemical; oil and gas exploration, production, transportation (pipeline, tanker disaster), and processing (North Sea, Middle East, Alaska North Slope, Gulf of Mexico, on shore U.S.); satellite design and operation; optical systems; false/unfair advertising; mechanical, fluid, electrical, and combustion engineering (including diesel engine, gas turbine, engine design, and aircraft litigation); natural gas and petrochemical processing; organic/inorganic chemical IP litigation; data processing (computer/system operations, algorithm IP issues, marketing and software design and theft); computer graphics and imaging; drug efficacy testing; patent infringement (jury and non-jury); environmental impact and insurance coverage aspects of a wide variety of chemicals; ethical pharmaceutical issues, including patent and antitrust.

White-Collar Criminal Criminal trials, grand jury representations, and pre-indictment presentations in price-fixing, securities, procurement fraud, consumer fraud, and federal regulatory fraud (FERC, FDA (drug testing disclosures), etc.).

Financial/Securities Extensive securities, financial disclosure, auditing and accounting standards, and asset appraisal/valuation litigation, including fraud/failure to disclose and GAAP/GAAS disputes in financial statements, registration statements, proxy statements, tender offers, regulatory filings, and other corporate transactions.

Antitrust Twelve trials and numerous representations in Sherman Section 1 price-fixing and Section 2 monopoly cases, including trial counsel for General Motors in Detroit Fleet Discount criminal jury trial and related $2 billion private treble damage trial involving Justice Department's "price signaling" theory (both defenses successful). Five successful defenses in monopoly jury trials (Amoco (2), Dun & Bradstreet, Monsanto, United Technologies). Trial techniques in antitrust jury trial described in "The Trial Lawyers," St. Martin's Press, NY.

U.S. Supreme Court Experience Argued two landmark criminal and civil antitrust price-fixing cases before U.S. Supreme Court: U.S. v. U.S. Gypsum (economic intent required for criminal conspiracy antitrust defendants); Spray-Rite v. Monsanto (new standard for proof of Section 1 vertical conspiracies).

United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., B.S., Engineering University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., Top academic record in history of College of Law