Daniel (Dan) Oakes guides clients through a host of challenging competition issues, including complex multidistrict and class action litigation, high-stakes criminal and other governmental investigations, and merger analysis amid the ever-changing landscape of antitrust law.

Kaitlin Rittgers is an associate in Axinn’s Antitrust group. Her practice covers a variety of U.S. antitrust law matters, and she has experience with both domestic and global clients across a range of industries. Kaitlin has also worked as a political researcher focused on U.S. domestic politics and foreign relations.

The National Law Journal selected Rick to its inaugural list of Antitrust Trailblazers. This honor was based on accomplishments during his long tenure at the FTC, where Rick served in key roles (e.g., lead counsel, manager) in both federal and administrative trials and investigations involving some of the most important FTC merger and non-merger cases of the past twenty plus years. For example, Rick successfully served as lead trial attorney in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, a case that the Supreme Court affirmed. In addition, Rick had principal roles in Toys "R" Us, Three Tenors, Heinz, Rambus, Abbott Labs, Unocal, Intel, Dell, Whole Foods and Wright Medical. Rick currently serves as antitrust counsel for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and represents a caustic soda manufacturer in class action cases brought by direct and indirect purchasers alleging price fixing and output reductions. He also played a key role in in getting Section 1 claims dismissed against Stanley Black & Decker in a matter involving collusion and standard setting activities.

Russell Steinthal has experience with the full range of the group’s practice, including litigation, merger-related work and corporate counseling. Russell routinely counsels clients on a wide variety of antitrust issues, ranging from cutting-edge issues at the interplay of antitrust and patent law to the intricacies of the Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notification rules. In addition, he has been a lead antitrust attorney on numerous major transactions, including the $67 billion merger of AT&T and BellSouth, A&P’s $679 million acquisition of Pathmark, Ball Corporation’s $577 million acquisition of beverage can manufacturing plants from ABI/InBev, Bemis’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Alcan Packaging Food Americas and Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software and its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.  

Josh Jowdy is an associate in the Antitrust group in Axinn’s Washington, DC, office. His practice focuses on federal and state antitrust law, including both transactions and litigation, with an emphasis on corporate merger clearance. He also counsels businesses navigating competition concerns in forming joint ventures and other collaborative arrangements.

Julie Chodos is the chief marketing and business development officer at Axinn, where she partners with firm leadership and all stakeholders to enhance market prominence and drive revenue growth through client strategy, relationship building, and brand positioning.

Daniel (Dan) Oakes guides clients through a host of challenging competition issues, including complex multidistrict and class action litigation, high-stakes criminal and other governmental investigations, and merger analysis amid the ever-changing landscape of antitrust law.

Kaitlin Rittgers is an associate in Axinn’s Antitrust group. Her practice covers a variety of U.S. antitrust law matters, and she has experience with both domestic and global clients across a range of industries. Kaitlin has also worked as a political researcher focused on U.S. domestic politics and foreign relations.