Hogan Lovells announced today that Christopher H. Casey, former Deputy Associate Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, will join the firm’s Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) practice as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.
As Deputy Associate Attorney General, Chris was responsible for advising senior DOJ and Obama Administration officials on antitrust matters and was the primary interface between the Antitrust Division and DOJ leadership. He also oversaw DOJ’s major financial fraud cases – including those involving the packaging and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in the run-up to the financial crisis – as well as the Tax Division and the US Trustee Program.
Before working at the Department of Justice, Casey was a trial lawyer in private practice at a major firm in Philadelphia and an Assistant US Attorney and public defender. He also spent more than five years as an antitrust litigator at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), primarily in the telecommunications, energy, chemical, and food industries.
“Chris will play a critical role in the expansion of our civil antitrust litigation practice in the US,” said Suyong Kim, ACER co-head. “The first chair trial and litigation skills he gained through his experiences as a civil litigator, a criminal defense attorney and prosecutor, an antitrust enforcer at the FTC, and more recently as a high-ranking official at the Department of Justice are unparalleled and will greatly benefit our clients.”
“As the new Trump administration’s positions on antitrust enforcement become clearer, it will be important prepare our clients to be ready for the new administration’s antitrust enforcement actions, and we do expect civil antitrust litigation to continue to grow. Chris’ experience will be extremely valuable to our clients,” added Janet McDavid, ACER co-head. “We welcome him to the firm.”
“I look forward to bringing my trial skills, and antitrust and government agency experience, to a firm that has a broad domestic and international base,” said Casey. “Hogan Lovells offers an ideal platform for me to take my practice to the next level.”
Casey earned his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, and B.A. in Mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross.
Hogan Lovells’ antitrust team includes more than 135 lawyers in 17 countries who operate as an integrated team handling all aspects of antitrust law, including mergers, government investigations and cartel cases, civil litigation, and counseling.
