Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Five Alston & Bird partners appointed to leadership posts in ABA Antitrust Section, (Aug 22, 2016)

Five partners in Alston & Bird’s Antitrust Practice have been appointed to leadership positions in the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, the firm has announced. The appointments are effective immediately. Valerie Williams and Matthew Kent are based in the firm’s Atlanta office. Adam Biegel, John Snyder, and Leslie Overton are in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Williams is newly appointed to a three-year term on the Antitrust Section’s Council. Long active in the leadership of the Antitrust Section, Williams has held numerous committee posts, including co-chair of the Antitrust Law Developments 2015 Update and chair of the Books and Treatises Committee.

Kent is serving as chair of the Antitrust Section’s Competition Torts Committee. He also is serving as the Antitrust Section’s liaison to the National LGBT Bar Association and previously served as vice-chair of the Antitrust Section’s Compliance and Ethics Committee.

Biegel will continue to serve as co-chair of the Antitrust Section’s Committee Operations Committee. Biegel, who serves as the D.C. office antitrust team leader, has been prominent in the antitrust bar for more than 15 years, having served on the Antitrust Section’s Council and chair of its Corporate Counseling Committee.

Snyder is newly appointed as vice-chair of the Antitrust Section’s Antitrust & Economics Institute for Judges, a judicial education program jointly run by the Antitrust Section and the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University School of Law. Snyder, who joined the firm from the U.S. Justice Department where he was counsel to the assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division, formerly served as vice-chair of the Antitrust Section’s Agriculture and Food Committee.

Overton is a new member of the Antitrust Section’s Long Range Planning Committee. She also has held numerous Antitrust Section leadership positions over the years, including Secretary and Communications Officer, as well as liaison to the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. Overton, who joined Alston & Bird this month, previously served as deputy assistant attorney general for civil enforcement in the Justice Department Antitrust Division.

Alston & Bird LLP is a leading national and international firm with more than 800 attorneys who provide a full range of services to domestic and international clients conducting business all over the world .Founded in 1893, the firm has offices in Atlanta, New York City, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Charlotte, Raleigh, Dallas, Los Angeles, Beijing, and Silicon Valley.

Attorneys: Valerie Williams, Matthew Kent, Adam Biegel, John Snyder, and Leslie Overton (Alston & Bird LLP).

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