Laura S Shores

Practice Areas

Laura Shores is an antitrust trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing clients in civil and criminal antitrust matters. Laura has litigated and tried a number of significant antitrust actions in cases brought by federal agencies and civil plaintiffs. While Laura has represented clients in a variety of industries, she has particularly deep experience in defending clients in antitrust class actions in the life sciences sector. In a landmark case brought by the Federal Trade Commission against Schering-Plough Corporation challenging its settlement of patent litigation with manufacturers of generic drugs, Laura prevailed after a two-month administrative hearing before the FTC in the first case challenging a settlement of patent litigation between brand and generic pharmaceutical cases.

Laura has also defended clients in other complex civil litigation matters in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings. Laura's practice also focuses on white-collar defense and internal investigations. She has represented corporations and individuals in government investigations and prosecutions across a broad range of substantive areas, including antitrust, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, securities fraud, and procurement fraud. She has also represented individuals in Independent Counsel and Congressional investigations.

Personal

J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1988; B.A., Smith College, 1985, cum laude