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Robert Pitofsky
Counsel
Washington, DC
tel: +1 202.942.5662
fax: +1 202.942.5999

Robert.Pitofsky@ aporter.com
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Practice Focus

Robert Pitofsky is Counsel in the Washington office of Arnold & Porter LLP. Formerly the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Mr. Pitofsky’s practice focuses on antitrust and consumer protection matters.

Government Leadership

  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Chairman (1995-2001)
  • FTC Commissioner (1978-1981)
  • FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, Director (1970-1973)
  • Defense Science Board Task Force on Antitrust Aspects of Defense Industry Downsizing, Chairman (1994)
  • Administrative Conference, Member of the Council (1980–1981)

Representative Matters

Antitrust counseling for companies such as

  • Hoffmann-La Roche
  • Bell South
  • Microsoft
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Pactiv
  • Visa

Representative Matters

Antitrust counseling for companies such as

  • Hoffmann-La Roche
  • Bell South
  • Microsoft
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Pactiv
  • Visa

Awards

Recipient of the Justice Department's 2010 John Sherman Award for lifetime contributions to the teaching and enforcement of antitrust law and the development of antitrust policy.

Rankings

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010 for Antitrust

The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers 2010

Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2010 for Antitrust Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America 2010 for Antitrust Law

PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2009 for Competition/anti-trust

The Legal 500 US 2008 for Litigation: Antitrust

Professional and Community Activities

Professional Activity

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000–Present)

  • Member, Antitrust Section Council, American Bar Association (1986-1989)

  • Member, Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar Association (1981–1984)

  • Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (2005)

  • Sheehy Professor of Trade Regulation Law, Georgetown University Law Center

  • Dean and Executive Vice President for Law Center Affairs, Georgetown University Law Center (1983-1989)

  • Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (1975-1976)

  • Professor of Law, New York University School of Law (1963-1970)

Blogs

Amy Ralph Mudge, Robert Pitofsky and Randal M. Shaheen. "Consumer Protection and Advertising Blog." 2010.

Books

Robert Pitofsky. "Cases and Materials on Trade Regulation." (Co-author with Harvey Goldschmid and Diane Wood) (5th ed. 2003).
Robert Pitofsky. "Revitalizing Antitrust in its Second Century." (co-editor) 1991.

Articles

PDF Robert Pitofsky, Randal M. Shaheen and Amy Ralph Mudge. "Pricing Laws are No Bargain for Consumers." (PDF: 328 kB) Antitrust, Summer 2004.
Robert Pitofsky and Donna E. Patterson. "Essential Facilities Doctrine Under U.S. Antitrust Law." Reprinted from 70 Antitrust Law Journal No. 2 (2002), a publication of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, December 4, 2002.
Robert Pitofsky. "Antitrust and Intellectual Property, Unresolved Issues at the Heart of the New Economy." 16 Berkeley Tech L.J. 535 (2001).

Advisories

PDF "The Supreme Court Decision in Empagran." (PDF) Jun 2004.
Practice Areas
Antitrust/Competition »
Consumer Protection and Advertising »
Education
LLB, Columbia Law School, 1954
BA, New York University, 1951
Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
Supreme Court of the United States