Washington, DC (Feb. 14, 2025) – Venable LLP announced today its Antitrust Practice has been recognized by Global Competition Review and ranked as recommended in its 2025 GCR 100 Guide, a comprehensive ranking of the world's leading competition law practices. The practice is chaired by Lisa Jose Fales and includes Doug Baldridge, a well-known first chair trial lawyer, Danielle Foley, co-chair of the Class Action Defense Practice, Len Gordon, a former FTC Regional Director, and partners Paul Feinstein, Andrew Hernacki, Kristin Koger, Liz Rinehart, Vince Verrocchio, and Bill Vigen.
Global Competition Review had this to say about the team:
VENABLE’s antitrust group, led by Lisa Jose Fales, includes Danielle Foley, who co-chairs the firm's class action defence practice, as well as six other partners. The team secured summary judgment for Perdue Farms against accusations it conspired to inflate broiler chicken prices, while it also defends the company in separate class actions alleging conspiracies to raise turkey prices and decrease wages for poultry plant workers. The team also defends CH Real Estate Services against sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging more than 40 multifamily rental property owners and managers conspired to fix prices. Finally, Venable serves as an antitrust advisor to the Federal special master overseeing a complex divestiture for Jeld-Wen to unwind its purchase of Craftmaster, marking the first-ever divestiture order in a private lawsuit.
“We are excited to be recognized among the best antitrust practice groups in Washington, DC,” said Lisa Jose Fales, chair of Venable’s Antitrust Practice. “Our team works hard and delivers exceptional results for our clients.”
Venable attorneys are highly experienced in the full range of antitrust matters. Clients rely on the team for its outstanding record in antitrust litigation, civil and criminal government investigations, merger work, and antitrust strategic counseling and compliance.
About GCR 100
GCR 100 is a comprehensive listing of the world’s best competition practices. The rankings provide a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the law firms and economic consultancies doing the most important antitrust work globally. This year, the GCR 100 guide features firms in 57 jurisdictions across all six inhabited continents, ranging from competition hubs in Brussels, London, and Washington, DC, to increasingly active regimes elsewhere. It also ranks the best antitrust plaintiff practices in Europe and the US.
The rankings of firms in each jurisdiction are based on independent research conducted through GCR’s annual questionnaire and call for submissions, as well as interviews with lawyers. This market intelligence is supported by what GCR reporters in the US, UK, Brussels, and Hong Kong learn from talking every day to competition lawyers, economists, academics, and enforcement officials around the world. For the 2025 GCR Guide, click here.
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