President Obama Taps Baer for Antitrust

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President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Bill Baer to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice.

Baer is the chair of the Antitrust Practice Group at Arnold and Porter LLP. He joined Arnold and Porter in 1980, becoming a partner at the firm in 1983. In his practice, Mr. Baer represents a broad range of companies in U.S. and international cartel investigations, mergers and acquisition reviews, and in antitrust litigation. From 1995 to 1999, he served as the Director for the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Mr. Baer began his legal career in 1975 as a trial attorney for the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC. Mr. Baer holds a B.A. from Lawrence University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.


President Obama Taps Baer for Antitrust Obama taps Bill Baer to lead DOJ antitrust division (The Hill)