Senior DOJ, FCC Lawyer Jon Sallet Joins Steptoe’s Antitrust, Telecom Groups

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan Sallet, former deputy assistant attorney general for litigation in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division and general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, has joined the firm as a partner. He will reside in Steptoe’s Washington office.

At the DOJ, Sallet led the Antitrust Division’s review of key mergers and conduct investigations, and supervised the division’s litigation matters from 2016-2017. He also worked closely with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and provided the division’s views publicly on the appropriate analysis of vertical transactions and broadband competition. From 2013-2016, Sallet served as general counsel of the FCC, a position he assumed at the request of incoming Chairman Tom Wheeler. Among his most recognized accomplishments was successfully arguing the Open Internet case on behalf of the FCC before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Prior to his most recent government service, Sallet had a long and varied career as an antitrust lawyer in private practice and as a policy adviser and strategic counselor for technology companies.