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Mr. Barlow has extensive experience in antitrust enforcement matters before the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and state enforcement agencies, as well as in complex commercial litigation involving the federal and state antitrust laws and other commercial matters.

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Email: abarlow@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Burgess handles cases from inception through trial and appeal. He specializes in complex commercial litigation including consumer class actions and cases under Business and Professions Code Section 17200, as well as claims for bad faith, fraud, breach of contract, breach of warranty, antitrust, and interference with contract.

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Email: jburgess@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Doyle focuses his practice in the area of antitrust and trade regulation law with emphasis on private and government antitrust investigations and litigation, including merger and acquisition matters and Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger counseling. He provides strategic advice, guidance and counseling to companies and organizations contemplating transactions that may face Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice and/or state antitrust scrutiny.

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Email: rdoyle@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Duckers' practice encompasses the full range of civil antitrust litigation with particular emphasis on trade regulation disputes arising out of dealer and distributor relationships. He has extensive jury and bench trial experience, as well as experience in handling complex, multi-defendant matters.

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Email: educkers@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Falzetta has extensive experience in general business litigation in state and federal courts involving claims for breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with business relations, unfair competition and unfair business practices, violations of state and federal antitrust laws, declaratory and injunctive relief, and related causes of action. Mr. Falzetta specializes in several areas of litigation, including antitrust/unfair competition litigation and federal RICO litigation (both plaintiff and defense).

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Email: ffalzetta@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Fornaciari's experience includes the trial of complex commercial cases, antitrust litigation and white-collar defense. Matters have included trials from New York to California involving, for example, antitrust claims, RICO claims, fraud, freeze-out mergers, breach of duty, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud.

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Email: jfornaciari@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Garcia's practice has included extensive private litigation, counseling on joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions, trade association work and the representation of clients in connection with civil and criminal investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. this broad ranging antitrust litigation background includes major matters involving monopolization, price fixing conspiracies, state action immunity, and contested mergers.

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Email: drgarcia@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Goldberg has extensive experience since 1989 in commercial and regulatory litigation before federal and state courts, government agencies and domestic and international arbitration panels. Substantive areas of litigation include aviation matters, commercial contract disputes, construction disputes, challenges to government user fees and rules and regulations, intellectual property disputes, and international trade matters.

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Email: rgoldberg@sheppardmullin.com

Gary Halling is the Practice Group Leader for the firm's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group. He specializes in complex business litigation with emphasis on antitrust and unfair competition matters. He has extensive experience in civil and criminal antitrust matters involving both federal and state enforcement agencies.

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Email: ghalling@sheppardmullin.com

Ms. Hasegawa has experience in the areas of unfair competition, antitrust, insurance law, and complex business litigation.




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Email: ahasegawa@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Hibner has specialized in antitrust litigation and counseling since admission to the Bar and has been a frequent contributor to programs of the Antitrust Section, its National Institutes, PLI and other programs, as well as contributor to various Law Reviews. For two years he served as a faculty member of the Southern Methodist University Short Course on Antitrust: Law and Litigation.

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Email: dhibner@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Magielnicki has 30 years of experience in the field of antitrust and trade regulation, both domestically and internationally. His has a multi-disciplinary practice and engages in a diverse commercial practice with emphasis on antitrust, domestic and international business transactions, and complex civil and criminal litigation.

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Email: rmagielnicki@sheppardmullin.com

Ms. Mazard has experience in antitrust enforcement matters before the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and state enforcement agencies. She is experienced in merger, grand jury, and other government investigations, and provides counseling and representation with respect to allegations of conspiracy, monopoly, exclusive dealing, unfair competition, unilateral conduct, Robinson Patman matters, price discrimination matters, potential mergers and compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

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Email: cmazard@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. McGinnis' complex litigation experience has focused on antitrust, securities and mass tort matters. Mr. McGinnis also has many years of experience in high technology legal disputes.

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Email: jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Nevins specializes in complex business litigation, with an emphasis in antitrust, price discrimination, and unfair competition.

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Email: tnevins@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Ray practices in the area of antitrust and trade regulation and specializes in European competition matters. Mr. Ray also has experience with European high technology regulatory matters and legal disputes. He has represented international clients, both as principal parties and complainants before the U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice.

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Email: nray@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Riera represents businesses in complex litigation matters in the federal and state court systems, with an emphasis on antitrust and trade regulation. Mr. Riera's practice involves substantial trial and appellate work in a broad array of industries, including banking, transportation, communications, petroleum marketing and refining, franchising, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, infant foods, hair care products, and securities.

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Email: mriera@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Scarborough practices general and complex commercial litigation, with experience in the areas of antitrust, contract disputes and business torts, such as fraud and unfair competition.

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Email: mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Sohn has experience in the areas of antitrust, unfair competition and employment law. He has defended corporations in grand jury investigations involving alleged price-fixing and other anti-competitive conduct. As a member of the ABA Antitrust Section's Committee on Criminal Practices and Procedures, he is part of the team that is drafting model jury instructions for criminal antitrust cases.

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Email: dsohn@sheppardmullin.com

Ms. Solouki practices in the area of antitrust and trade regulations.

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Email: msolouki@sheppardmullin.com

Mr. Varner specializes in antitrust counseling and litigation under both state and federal antitrust laws, and other types of complex business litigation. He has represented clients in antitrust cases arising from the enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as unfair competition, price fixing, monopolization, merger, joint venture and price discrimination matters in a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, health care, electricity, aerospace, and internet sales and distribution.

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Email: cvarner@sheppardmullin.com