Profession
Member of the District of Columbia
Experience
Jeff joined Linklaters in October 2008 after serving almost three years as Director of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission. As Director, he was responsible for the supervision of the FTC’s antitrust enforcement in all merger and non-merger cases. The 300-member Bureau of Competition conducts antitrust reviews of a wide range of industries, including oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage and consumer products.
Prior to joining the FTC, Jeff was in private practice as a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop. His practice focused on merger matters, civil antitrust litigation and cartel enforcement proceedings.
Jeff is an active member of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association and co-chair of its Economics Committee. He is a former chair of the State Action/Noerr-Pennington Committee and Editor of the ABA Antitrust Section’s monograph on the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.
Professional experience
2008 - Partner, Linklaters, New York
2005 - 2008 Director of the Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
2003 - 2005 Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, Washington, D.C.
2001 - 2002 Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Transora, Chicago, IL
1987 - 2000 Partner, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, Washington, D.C.
1985 - 1987 Attorney Adviser to Commissioner Calvani, Federal Trade Commission
Education
1979 - University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif
Note and Comment Editor, Hastings Law Journal
1976 - University of California, Berkeley, B.A., with honors
