Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Antitrust Division attorney Philip Giordano joins Kaye Scholer, (Apr 4, 2014)

Philip Giordano, a former trial attorney for the National Criminal Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, has joined Kaye Scholer as Counsel in the firm’s Antitrust Practice, according to a recent announcement. He will split his time between the Washington, D.C. and the Palo Alto offices.

While serving at the National Criminal Enforcement Section, Giordano focused on the investigation, development, and resolution of civil and criminal antitrust cases and the legal analysis of complex antitrust and federal criminal law issues. Significant matters he worked on include obtaining a $45.8 million criminal fine in auto parts case U.S. v. Panasonic Corp. (E.D.MI. 2013), as well as leading criminal investigations into three other auto parts manufacturers as part of the Antitrust Division’s ongoing prosecution of international auto parts cartels.

Previously, Giordano served as Special Assistant to the Directors of Enforcement in the Antitrust Division’s Office of Operations. He also served as a Trial Attorney in the Networks & Technology Enforcement Section. During his tenure at the Antitrust Division, Giordano has handled a wide variety of enforcement matters, including criminal, civil non-merger, and merger-related matters, and received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for the enforcement of the final judgment in United States v. Microsoft (D.D.C. 1998).

He has considerable experience in a wide range of industries, including technology, financial services, automotive parts, and consumer goods. Prior to his government service, he served as Chief Technology Counsel at Baan Software Corporation, where he was first chair in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, negotiated multi-million dollar software contracts, and licensed and settled contract disputes.

A graduate of Stanford Law School, Giordano also holds a BA in Quantitative Economics and a BS in General Engineering from Stanford University. Admitted to the California State Bar, he is licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Giordano is a frequent presenter and lecturer on issues related to criminal cartel enforcement and other antitrust topics.

Founded in New York in 1917, Kaye Scholer LLP is an international full-service law firm with more than 450 attorneys located in offices in Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Shanghai, Tallahassee, Washington, D.C., and West Palm Beach.

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