Our Practices

Experienced, tenacious, and always trial-ready, we are committed to understanding complex legal challenges that impact the future of our clients’ businesses, globally.

Focusing on antitrust, intellectual property, and high-stakes litigation, our extensive teams in the U.S. possess deep knowledge and client-side experience across a range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, life sciences, and consumer products.

Our Practice Leaders

Michael L. Keeley

Michael L. Keeley

Antitrust Practice Chair

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Matthew J. Becker

Matthew J. Becker

Intellectual Property Practice Chair

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Denise L. Plunkett

Denise L. Plunkett

Litigation & Trials Practice Chair

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Insights

IPWatchdog Sixth Annual Live Conference

On March 23, Axinn partner Brian Johnson will speak on the "Winning ITC Strategy: A Practitioner’s Guide to 337 Litigation" panel at IPWatchdog's sixth annual Live Conference, being held March 22-24 in Arlington, Virginia.

Speaking Engagement

Intellectual Property

ABA White Collar Crime Institute 2026

On March 11, Axinn partner Jacklin Chou Lem will moderate the "Trends and Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust Enforcement" panel at the American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Institute, being held March 10-13 in San Diego.

Speaking Engagement

GCR Live Cartels: 2026

On March 3, Axinn partner Dan Oakes will speak on the "A New Kind of Payday: Whistleblower Program Rewards" panel at Global Competition Review's Cartels Conference in Washington, DC.

Speaking Engagement

Antitrust

SCCE 14th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute

On March 3, Axinn partner Jimmy Attrige will speak on the "Mitigating Antitrust Risk and Tailoring Competition Compliance Efforts to Meet an Active European, German, and Global Enforcement Landscape" panel at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics' Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute, being held March 2-4 in Berlin, Germany.

Speaking Engagement

Antitrust

Axinn Adds Three Seasoned Antitrust Litigators, Reinforcing Trial Bench and West Coast Presence

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced today that Daniel Matheson, Katrina Rouse, and Jimmy Moore have joined its Antitrust practice as partners. Matheson arrives from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), while Rouse and Moore join from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division. Rouse will join Axinn’s San Francisco office; Matheson and Moore will join the firm’s Washington, DC office. The additions strengthen Axinn's trial bench and West Coast practice as the firm continues to attract top antitrust talent.

News

Antitrust

What’s the State of Mini-HSR Regimes? Perspectives from the Colorado & Washington State AGs

State attorneys general are taking a more active role in merger control, with Colorado and Washington leading the way on new “mini-HSR” pre-merger notification regimes. In this episode, Axinn partner James Hunsberger co-hosts with Puja Patel to break down what these new state pre-merger filing laws require—and how companies and practitioners should navigate them alongside the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

Podcast

Antitrust

Insights

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