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Joanne C. Lewers is a partner in the firm's Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Her practice is focused on antitrust counseling and litigation. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Joanne served for four years at the Federal Trade Commission where she investigated mergers and acquisitions in various industries, including pharmaceutical and industrial equipment. While at the FTC, Joanne also served as an Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Competition. Before she joined the FTC, Joanne was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP (now Clifford Chance LLP) where she counseled clients about antitrust issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, and private litigation matters.
Joanne advises clients on a variety of antitrust issues. She represents clients involved in complex antitrust suits before state and federal courts. In addition, she appears before the federal antitrust agencies on behalf of clients seeking antitrust clearance for their proposed mergers or acquisitions. Joanne is currently representing a client before a number of state attorneys general in an investigation of the client’s licensing practices. She also offers clients antitrust compliance counseling in a range of settings. Joanne’s clients are involved in a number of different industries, including pharmaceuticals, health care, computer hardware and software, and other high-tech fields.
Joanne is vice chair of the Books and Treatises Committee of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association and is a regular contributor to the monthly e-bulletin published by the ABA’s Intellectual Property Committee. | 