Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Former assistant to Solicitor General joins Munger Tolles, (Jul 23, 2014)

After serving more than five years as Assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice, antitrust attorney Benjamin Horwich has joined Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP as of counsel. Horwich will focus his practice on complex litigation and appeals in the firm’s San Francisco office.

With an express expertise in antitrust litigation, Horwich has had substantial responsibility for virtually every competition law issue involving the Solicitor General for the past five years. Additionally, he has worked closely with the Food and Drug Administration on competition law issues regarding a wide range of products regulated by the agency. Mr. Horwich received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and his law degree from Stanford Law School.

“Ben joins the firm with an extraordinary track record as a litigation strategist, both as an advocate appearing before the nation’s highest court and as an advisor to the government on matters of critical importance,” stated partner Jerome C. Roth, of the firm’s San Francisco office. “We are confident that his experience will prove invaluable to our clients in a range of matters and circumstances.”

“I am thrilled to be joining Munger Tolles and coming home to San Francisco where I started my career,” Horwich said. “The firm offers its clients the same uncompromising quality and honest judgment that I tried to provide my client agencies while in federal service.”

Munger Tolles provides its clients with a broad range of services, including antitrust litigation and mergers and acquisitions. The firm maintains a national and international practice with its nearly 200 lawyers located in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Attorneys: Benjamin J. Horwich and Jerome C. Roth (Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP)

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