Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Hughes Hubbard hires Department of Justice antitrust prosecutor, (Jan 13, 2015)

Hughes Hubbard has hired Elizabeth Prewitt, former Assistant Chief of the Antitrust Division in the New York office of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as a partner in its New York office, according to a recent announcement.

During her 16-year career with the DOJ, Prewitt supervised lawyers during investigations into complex white-collar crimes, including fraud, conspiracy, and antitrust matters. Her work led to the convictions of more than 100 individual and corporate defendants. As first chair trial counsel during the prosecution of a Superfund fraud and kickback indictment, her efforts resulted in a prison sentence of 14 years, the longest ever imposed in an antitrust case. Prewitt received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her law degree from Loyola Law School.

“Justice has made it plain that it is vigorously pursuing alleged price-fixing, bid-rigging, and other types of fraud and cartel behavior,” said William Kolasky, co-chair of Hughes Hubbard’s Antitrust practice. “Liz Prewitt’s deep experience investigating antitrust, fraud and other white-collar offenses both in the U.S. and overseas will complement our strong practices in these areas, particularly for our firm’s clients in the financial services sector.”

“The current climate of intense scrutiny and enforcement in the antitrust and fraud arena, and Hughes Hubbard’s long track record of innovation in its client work in these areas, convinced me that this was the time and Hughes Hubbard was the place to build my practice,” said Prewitt.

Hughes Hubbard is an international law firm with locations in New York, Jersey City, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Paris, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. Lawyers in the Antitrust practice group represent clients from a wide variety of industries. They help clients design and implement antitrust compliance programs, advise them regarding strategic mergers and joint ventures, and represent them before regulators like the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and the European Commission.

Attorneys: Elizabeth Prewitt and William Kolasky (Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP)

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