ANDREA AGATHOKLIS MURINO
ANDREA AGATHOKLIS MURINOOf Counsel
Antitrust
Andrea Agathoklis Murino is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on a wide range of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, conduct investigations, counseling, and criminal and civil litigation. Andrea specializes in representing clients in investigations before the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and international competition law enforcement agencies. Andrea also provides advice to trade associations regarding compliance with antitrust laws and related matters.
Andrea joined the firm in January 2012 after serving as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the U.S. Department of Justice. While at the Antitrust Division, she advised the Assistant Attorney General and the Deputy Assistant Attorneys General on criminal and civil enforcement matters. From 2006 to 2009, Andrea served as an attorney advisor to former Chairman and Commissioner William E. Kovacic at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, providing guidance on enforcement recommendations from the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection. Prior to and in between her government service, Andrea worked in the antitrust, competition, and trade practice group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Andrea is active in the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law, serving as vice chair of the 2012 Presidential Transition Report Task Force and as vice chair of the 2013 Merger Retrospective Symposium. For eight years, she also served an adjunct professor of legal research and writing at George Washington University Law School.
EDUCATION:- J.D., George Washington University Law School, 2001
With Honors - B.A., Economics and Political Science, American University, 1998
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University Honors Program
- Member, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
- Vice President and Board Member, American University Alumni Association
- Executive Committee and Board Member, George Washington University Law School Alumni Association, 2009-2013
- "Newest Commissioner Makes the 'Wright' Call for FTC Act's Section 5," Guest Commentary in the The Legal Pulse Blog of the Washington Legal Foundation, April 2013
- "FTC Orders divestitures Plus Novel Standard Essential Patent Remedy in Automotive Air Conditioning Merger," e-Competitions National Competition Laws Bulletin, December 2012
- "FTC Withdraws 2003 Policy Statement Hinting at Further Use of Disgorgement as a Remedy,"
e-Competitions National Competition Laws Bulletin, October 2012 - Co-author with S. Sher, "Unilateral Effects in Technology Markets: Oracle, H&R Block, and What It All Means," Antitrust, Vol. 26, No. 3, Summer 2012
- "Near, Far, Wherever You Are: Venue in Agency Antitrust Challenges," Federal Civil Enforcement Committee Newsletter, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, May-June 2011
- "Looking Back on 2009: Antitrust Developments on Capitol Hill," The Antitrust Counselor, January 2010
- "New Focus on Interlocking Directorates? Recent Section 8 Enforcement Activity," Federal Civil Enforcement Committee Newsletter, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, September-October 2009
- "In Their Own Words: Predicting Enforcement under Varney and Leibowitz," Antitrust Magazine, Summer 2009
- "The FTC and Monitor Trustees," Mergers & Acquisitions Committee Newsletter, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Spring 2007
- "The Antitrust Fundamentals of Mergers," American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2013
- Panelist, "Same Administration, New Management: What to Expect from DOJ and FTC on Antitrust and Consumer Protection," The Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., January 2013
- Guest Lecturer, "Antitrust Considerations for Emerging Companies," University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 2012
- "Merger Enforcement," American Bar Association Antitrust Fundamentals Continuing Legal Education Course, Washington, D.C., October 2012
- "The Effects of Patent Assertion Entities on Competition and Innovation," Intellectual Property Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, D.C., September 2012
- "IP and Antitrust: Balancing the Tension," 2012 Annual Competition Law Fall Conference, Canadian Bar Association, Gatineau, Canada, September 2012
- "Perspectives on Innovation, Information Exchange, and Antitrust in a Global Context," Knowledge Congress Webcast Series, Washington, D.C., August 2012
- "The Antitrust Fundamentals of Mergers," American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2012
- "Recent Developments in Antitrust Law," Houston Bar Association Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Houston, Texas, May 2011
- "Merger Review: Process and Procedures," ABA Section of Antitrust Law Masters Course V, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 2010
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
