Ian Simmons

• Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America for Antitrust Litigation and Intellectual Property (2022-2023)
• Recognized by Who’s Who Legal in “Commercial Litigation (2020,2021 and 2023)
• Recommended by The Legal 500 US for Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense and Cartel (2022)
• Benchmark Litigation, National Practice Area Star - Antitrust & Competition, Local Litigation Star (2019-2023)
• Benchmark Litigation, Benchmark Litigation Star (2022)
• Recognized by LMG Life Sciences for Antitrust Practitioner of the Year (2021)
• Recognized by Who's Who Legal in "Thought Leaders - Competition 2022" and "Competition 2021"
• Recognized by Best Lawyers® for Litigation - Antitrust in Washington, DC (2022-2023); Ian has been listed in Best Lawyers® since 2010.
• Recognized by Chambers USA for Antitrust (2014-2023)
• Recognized by The Legal 500 US for Antitrust Law (2008, 2012-2014, 2017-2021) and Mergers & Acquisitions (2020-2021)
• “Super Lawyer” for Antitrust, Washington DC Super Lawyers magazine (2013-2020)
• National Law Journal, Antitrust Trailblazer (2017)
• Shortlisted for “Litigator of the Year” at the 2015 Global Competition Review awards
• Global Competition Review for Antitrust (2017)
• Global Competition Review: Cartel Defense of the year, UK Air Cargo (2018)
• “2011 MVP of the Year - Competition Practice,” Law360
• Practical Law Company’s (PLC) Which lawyer? Global 50 Firms (2011)

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

• US Supreme Court
• US Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits

• University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1991
• Yale University, M.A., 1988
• McGill University, B.A., 1986

Clerkships

• Honorable Gustave Diamond, Chief Judge, US District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Author

• “Thou Art Weighed In The Balance–And Found Wanting? Evidence in Government Merger and Monopolization Litigation” (co-authors James A. Keyte and Brian P. Quinn), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine Volume 37, No. 1 (Fall 2022)
• “Roundtable Discussion on Women in Antitrust” (co-authors Judge Diane Wood, Roberta “Bobbi” Liebenberg, Doha Mekki, Martha Samuelson, Eleanor Fox, and Barbara Sicalides) American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Spring 2023)
• “The Future of the Past: Taking Stock of SEP Policy at the outset of the Biden Administration” (co-authors Scott Schaeffer, Brian P. Quinn and Eric Rodriguez), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Summer 2021)
• “FTC v. Qualcomm and the Potential Implications for Section 2” (co-authors Scott Schaeffer and Brian Quinn), American Bar Association’s Monopoly Matters (November 2020)
• “Necessity as the Mother of Invention? Streamlining the Evaluation of Competitor Collaborations” (co-authors George Bashour, Arnd H. Klein and Celeste Saravia), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Summer 2020)
• “The EC Communication on SEPs: Convergence, Divergence, or Silence?,” (co-authors Benjamin Hendricks and Philippe Nogues) American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Summer 2018)
• “Price Discrimination Markets in Merger Cases: Practical Guidance from FTC v. Sysco,” (co-authors Sergei Zaslavsky and Lindsey Freeman), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Fall 2016)
• “FTC v. Sysco: ‘Price Discrimination’ Markets and The Rule of Law,” (co-author Ted Hassi), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Fall/Winter 2015)
• “Where to Draw the Line: Should the FTAIA’s Domestic Effects Test Apply in Criminal Prosecutions?” (co-authors Benjamin G. Bradshaw and Stephen McIntyre), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Summer 2015)
• “The Continuing Relevance of Patent Validity in Reverse- Payment Litigation,” (co-authors Kenneth R. O’Rourke and Stephen McIntyre), Concurrences (Spring 2014)
• “Viewing FTC v. Actavis Through the Lens of Clayton Act Section 4” (co-authors Kenneth R. O’Rourke and Scott Schaeffer), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine (Fall 2013)
• “Reflections on Cartel Enforcement,” (co-author Kenneth R. O'Rourke), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine - 25th Anniversary Edition (December 2012)
• “Everyone Is Entitled to His Own Opinion…Reflections on the Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses,” 25 Antitrust 3 (Summer 2011)
• “Towards Convergence: The Volume of ‘Affected’ Commerce Under the US Sentencing Guidelines and ‘Impact’ Analysis Under the Clayton Act,” (co-authors Julia Schiller and Angela Thaler Wilks), George Mason Law Review (Summer 2011)
• “Survival of the Fittest - Aspen Skiing,” (co-authors Dylan Brown and Bo Pearl), Law360 (April 2011)
• “Proof of Common Impact in Antitrust Litigation: The Value of Regression Analysis,” (co-authors Pierre Cremieux and Edward A. Snyder), George Mason Law Review (Summer 2010)
• “Joint Ventures and the Sherman Act: The Problem Revealed by American Needle and How Best to Address It,” (co-authors Thomas Brown, Katherine Robison), The CPI Antitrust Journal, (March 2010 (2))
• “One Hundred Years of (Attempted) Solitude: Navigating the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act,” 24 Antitrust 2 (Spring 2010)
• “The Third Circuit Joins the Majority with In Re Hydrogen Peroxide,” (co-author Alexander Okuliar), Class Action Watch (April 2009)
• “Rigorous Analysis in Antitrust Class Certification Rulings: Recent Advances on the Front Line,” (co-author Alexander P. Okuliar), 23 Antitrust 1 (Fall 2008)
• “Private Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws Through Class Actions,” (co-author Alexander P. Okuliar), The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Competition Litigation 2009
• “Without Presumptions: Rigorous Analysis in Class Certification Proceedings,” (co-authors Alexander P. Okuliar and Nilam A. Sanghvi), 21 Antitrust 3 (Summer 2007)
• “Downstream Discovery In Antitrust Class Actions,” (co-authors Laila Haider and John Johnson), The Antitrust Practitioner, Vol. 4 (July 2006)
• “Muddy Waters? Navigating the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act,” (co-authors Frank Goldman and Scott M. Hammack), Antitrust Report, Issue 2 (2006)
• “The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and State Law Antitrust Actions,” (co-author Charles E. Borden), 20 Antitrust 1 (Fall 2005)
• “The New Meets the Old: The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and State Law Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Actions,” (co-author Charles E. Borden), The Antitrust Practitioner, Vol. 2 (May 2005)
• “Safer than a Known Way? A Critique of the FTC’s Report on Competition and Patent Law and Policy,” (co-authors Professor Janusz A. Ordover and David A. Applebaum), 18 Antitrust 39 (Spring 2004)
• “I Know It When I See It: Defining and Demonstrating Blocking Patents,” (co-authors Patrick Lynch and Theodore H. Frank), 16 Antitrust 48 (Summer 2002)
• “A Dialogue Between The Antitrust Division and Defense Counsel: The Nippon Paper Trial – Judicial Rejection of Foreign Price Fixing: What Does it Mean for the Future?,” Antitrust Law Criminal Practice and Procedure Committee, No. 30 (February 2001)
• “The Advent of Per Se ‘Plus’: United States v. Nippon Paper and the Limitations of Sherman Act Criminal Enforcement Against Foreign Conspiracies,” 14 Antitrust 26 (Fall 1999)
• "Thou Art Weighed In The Balance-And Found Wanting? Evidence in Government Merger and Monopolization Litigation” (co-authors Ian Simmons and James Keyte), American Bar Association Antitrust Magazine Volume 37, No. 1 (Fall 2022).
  
  

Speaker and Moderator

• “Trying a Section 2 Case: Best Practices,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 71st Annual Spring Meeting (March 2023)
• “Economic Analysis of High-Tech Industries,” Yale University (November 16, 2022)
• “Antitrust and SEPs: What’s Next?,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 70th Annual Spring Meeting (April 2022)
• "High Technology Deals: Are New Standards Warranted," American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 69th Annual Spring Meeting (March 2021) (moderator)
• “Honest Broker or Advocate: Effective Expert Testimony,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 68th Annual Spring Meeting (March 2020)
• “Antitrust ‘Markman’ Hearings: Cartel Class Certification Battles,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 67th Annual Spring Meeting (March 2019)
• “Update on Antitrust in Asia,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 66th Annual Spring Meeting (April 2018)
• “Herding Cartel Cases - Reconciling and Resolving Multiple Proceedings,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 65th Annual Spring Meeting (March 2017)
• “Presenting Economic Evidence in Merger Trials,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 64th Annual Spring Meeting (April 2016)
• “Winning or Losing Class Certification post-Comcast,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 62nd Annual Spring Meeting (March 2014) (moderator)
• “Forging Expert Testimony to Prevail,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 60th Annual Spring Meeting (March 2012)
• “George Mason Law Review 13th Annual Symposium on Antitrust Law: Two Watersheds: The New Case Law of Bundles, Rebates and Class Certification,” Washington, DC (February 2010)
• “EU Antitrust Litigation and Class Actions: Where is Europe Going and What Can We Learn From The US Experience?” London, UK (April 2008)

Speaker

• Panelist, “Expert Witness Depositions,” Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions (March 2023)
• Panelist, “The Brussels Effect? A practical outlook on global convergence and divergence in digital platform regulation after the EU’s Digital Markets Act”, Stanford Law School (March 2023)
• Panelist, “Dealing with Tech Platforms in a Globalized World,” NYU Antitrust and 21st Century Bigness Symposium (February 24, 2023)
• Panelist, “Issues Arising from Class Actions Involving International Cartels,” National Conference on Class Actions 2022 (November 10, 2022)
• Panelist, "Unilateral conduct vis-à-vis investigation on different jurisdiction," Penn Law Antitrust Association (PLAA) Conference (October 2021)
• Panelist, “Expert Witness Depositions,” Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions (March 2020)
• Panelist, “Expert Witness Depositions,” Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Taking and Defending Depositions (March 2019)
• Panelist, “Significant Legislative and Regulatory Developments,” 30th Anniversary Institute for Corporate Counsel (December 2011)
• Panelist, “Antitrust Nuts & Bolts – How to Avoid Antitrust Litigation,” WMACCA Litigation Forum (October 2011)
• Panelist, “U.S. Antitrust Law and Global Claims: Navigating The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 57th Annual Spring Meeting (2009)
• Faculty Member, “The Antitrust Litigation Course,” American Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA, (2007)
• Panelist, “Class Certification: Is There A Trend Towards More Rigorous Analysis,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 55th Annual Spring Meeting (2007)
• “Class Action Fairness Act: One Year Later Emerging Issues and Strategies,” New York, NY (2006)
• “Alternative Dispute Resolution and Competition: The Interface Between ADR and Competition Law,” IBC UK Conferences, London, UK (2005)

Associate Editor

• Antitrust Magazine (2010-Present)