Stephen Weissman

Steve Weissman, the Global Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust and Competition practice, has over two decades of practice representing clients in high-stakes transactional matters, criminal cartel investigations and civil litigation before the DOJ and FTC. Steve has litigated a substantial number of cases on behalf of both defendants and plaintiffs, including claims under the Sherman, Clayton and Robinson-Patman Acts, as well as breach of contract and business tort claims. He regularly counsel clients on issues pertaining to joint ventures and distribution agreements, and other antitrust compliance matters.

Steve served as Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition from 2013-2015. At the FTC he was involved in and supervised the agency’s review of hundreds of merger and non-merger investigations and enforcement actions, covering a wide range of industries. Regularly listed as a leading antitrust practitioner by global legal directories, he was recognized as an “Antitrust Trailblazer” by National Law Journal in 2016.

U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; District Courts for the District of Columbia, Maryland and the Eastern District of Virginia; past member, Antitrust Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1994; B.A., Tufts University, 1991.