Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Squire Sanders Expands Antitrust Practice, Adding Three Partners in Washington, D.C. , (Jan 15, 2013)

Squire Sanders has beefed up its Antitrust & Competition practice group by adding three partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP., according to a January 15 announcement.

Joining the firm’s Washington office are Mark Botti, who led the antitrust and unfair competition practice at Akin Gump, J. Brady Dugan, and Anthony Swisher.

Botti represents clients on the full spectrum of antitrust matters, including government investigations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, government and private litigation and competition policy matters. He served for 13 years at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division in various litigation and leadership positions within the Antitrust Division.

Dugan focuses his practice on criminal and civil antitrust, fraud, and related matters. He served for more than 15 years at the Department of Justice, where he appeared in federal courts throughout the country on behalf of the Antitrust Division.

Swisher has extensive experience representing clients before the FTC and the Antitrust Division in connection with government antitrust investigations of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. He has deep experience in a wide range of industries, from insurance to health care to energy.

With the addition of the three new partners, the firm’s Antitrust & Competition practice has 45 attorneys in 19 locations. Squire Sanders has approximately 1,300 lawyers in 37 offices and 18 countries around the world.

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