Doug Patton

Practice Areas

Antitrust Practice

Career

Douglas Patton represents plaintiffs in high-stakes federal and state court antitrust cases and complex commercial litigation. He brings over 35 years of experience and skill to the table.

With a firm understanding of his client’s goals and capitalizing on the predictability of his adversaries, Doug strategically advances his client’s cause resolutely.

Most of Doug’s cases involve federal multidistrict litigation in venues throughout the country. Doug has represented aggrieved parties in both domestic price-fixing and international cartel actions. He has prevailed at trial in cases resolved in as little as a week and more complex trials that have lasted several weeks and even months.

Highly regarded for his litigation skill, he has been ranked AV Preeminent 5.0/5.0 by his peers in Martindale-Hubbell® for more than two decades, listed in Best Lawyers in America, Antitrust Law, since 2013, and recognized by Chambers USA.

Professional Memberships

New York State Bar Association

The District of Columbia Bar

The Utah State Bar

Massachusetts Bar Association

American Bar Association

Personal

Admissions:

District of Columbia

Massachusetts

New York

Utah

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court of the District of Utah

Experience

Reported Cases:

In re Brand Name Antitrust Litigation

In re Infant Formula Antitrust Litigation

In re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation

In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation

In re Hytrin Antitrust Litigation

In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation

In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation

In re Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation

In re Parcel Tanker Antitrust Litigation

In re EPDM Antitrust Litigation

In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bayer A.G. et al.

Safeway Inc. v. Consonus, Inc. et al

In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation

In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation

Represented clients injured in their business in a wide array of industries, including computer information systems (mainframe datamining systems), retail grocery products (infant formula, commodity eggs, and shelf-stable tuna), pharmaceuticals (brand name and generic drugs), manufactured commodities (EPDM, hydrogen peroxide, persalts, polyurethane foam, styrene-butadiene rubber, and polychloroprene), and waterborne shipping services (cabotage and parcel tankers).

Education

Languages Spoken

French

Awards