Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Willard K. Tom Rejoins Morgan Lewis, (Feb 11, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:American Law Institute | Bureau of Competition | Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP
Former FTC General Counsel Willard K. Tom has rejoined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust Practice, the law firm has announced.
As General Counsel for the FTC from 2009 to 2012, Tom functioned as the FTC’s chief legal officer and advisor. Tom counseled the agency and represented it in court. He engaged in the FTC’s most significant competition and consumer protection matters, including merger enforcement.
Prior to serving as General Counsel, Tom held a position as a partner at Morgan Lewis from 2000 to 2009. Before joining Morgan Lewis, he served as Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, as head of the Bureau’s policy office, and as counselor to the head of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice. He also helped compose the FTC and DOJ “Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property” as one of the Guidelines’ principal drafters.
Tom has served as a member of the District of Columbia Federal Judicial Nominations Commission, as a member of the American Law Institute; as a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States; in various positions in the American Bar Association's (ABA's) Section of Antitrust Law, including member of the Section Council, chair of the FTC Committee, vice chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, and a member of the editorial board of several ABA antitrust publications; and as a member of the Council of the ABA Section of Business Law and chair of the Antitrust Committee of that Section.
Tom received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979, and his A.B. from Harvard College in 1975.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has approximately 1,400 lawyers in offices located in Almaty, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Houston, Irvine, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Moscow, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, San Francisco, Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington. Its Antitrust Practice has more than 70 lawyers in ten international offices.
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