Baker Hostetler announced that Jonathan L. Lewis joined the firm’s Litigation Group as Partner in its Washington, D.C., office, where his practice will focus on antitrust and competition matters. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Mayer Brown LLP.
Lewis has significant experience representing clients in antitrust and commercial litigation matters and merger reviews. He has counseled clients on issues involving distribution matters, including franchising and other business practices, substantive merger review and pre-merger integration planning, as well as litigating claims of price fixing, exclusive dealing, tying, monopolization and attempted monopolization. He has represented clients before federal and state antitrust enforcement authorities in the course of investigations concerning distribution practices and pre- and post-merger review.
He received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to joining becoming a lawyer, Lewis was associated with MiCRA, Inc., an antitrust and regulatory economic consulting firm located in Washington, D.C. He is a former Chairman of the Illinois State Bar Association Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Section Council.
“Jonathan is an outstanding addition to our antitrust practice,” said W. Ray Whitman, chair of Baker Hostetler’s Litigation group. “His antitrust and commercial litigation experience and client relationships complement and broaden our national litigation team.”
“We are pleased to welcome Jonathan to Baker Hostetler. He brings additional capabilities to our already deep bench of antitrust lawyers here in Washington,” said Robert G. Abrams, chair of Baker Hostetler’s national Antitrust practice.
