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Angelo M. Russo

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Education
  • DePaul University College of Law, JD, with Honors, Dean's List, Editor in Chief, Law Review, Order of the Coif, 2000
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, Psychology, 1997
Admissions
  • Illinois
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Affiliations

Member; Vice Chairman, Antitrust Law Committee, 2008-2009, Chicago Bar Association

Member; Young Lawyer Representative, Corporate Counseling Committee, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association

Member, Illinois State Bar Association

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Angelo has experience in various types of commercial litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust and unfair competition matters. He has handled criminal and civil antitrust matters in federal and state courts, and before arbitration tribunals. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving international cartels, price fixing, territorial and customer allocations, tying arrangements, exclusive dealing contracts, bundled discounts, monopolization, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. A number of these cases were class actions.

In addition, Angelo has counseled clients on antitrust compliance matters and has drafted and implemented national and international antitrust compliance programs and audits. He also has counseled clients regarding distribution relationships, including distributor agreement formation and enforcement, distributor terminations, and distributor communications. Further, Angelo has experience in other commercial litigation matters. He has handled cases in federal and state courts involving breach of contract, civil RICO litigation, healthcare litigation, false claims and qui tam litigation, and white-collar criminal defense.

Along with a McGuireWoods team, Angelo helped secure a May 2010 victory on behalf of Jo Tankers before the U.S. Supreme Court in Stolt-Nielsen v. Animalfeeds Int'l, 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010), which held that the respondents could not be compelled under the Federal Arbitration Act to engage in class arbitration where the arbitration agreement was silent on the issue of class arbitration.

Angelo will serve as a vice chair of the Business Torts and Civil RICO Committee of the American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, starting in September 2012. He currently serves as the Young Lawyer representative to the Corporate Counseling Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section. He served as the chairman of the Chicago Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Committee between 2009 and 2010. He has been honored as a fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Honor Society. He has been named an Illinois "Rising Star" in Illinois Super Lawyers for the past five years.

Angelo is an active member of the firm's Recruiting Committee.

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Litigation

Representation of a domestic ocean container shipping company in a criminal investigation by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice of price-fixing of ocean transportation rates between the continental United States and Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and defense of related private class actions seeking to recover treble-damages as a result of the alleged conspiracy to fix prices.

Representation of a major carrier of liquid chemicals in parcel tanker vessels in an international cartel investigation and defense of related treble damage actions alleging price fixing and bid rigging by competitors in the parcel tanker shipping industry.

Representation of a major carrier of liquid chemicals in parcel tanker vessels in indirect purchaser putative class actions involving allegations of price fixing, bid rigging, and market and customer allocation arrangements under various state antitrust laws.

Representation of an ambulatory surgery center in civil litigation in which it alleged, among other things, the defendant hospital used anticompetitive tying and bundling to secure an exclusive contract from the area’s largest employer self-funded health plan. The case settled after the antitrust claims survived the defendant hospital’s motion for summary judgment.

Corporate Counseling

Development of expedited, internal investigation of possible anticompetitive behavior and secured admission into the U.S. Department of Justice’s Corporate Leniency Program.

Development and implementation of proactive antitrust audits of multinational corporations in North America, South America and Europe in a number of industries, such as transportation, paper products, chemicals, construction, and packaging and building materials.

Development and implementation of antitrust compliance programs, as well as training programs and seminars for clients and their employees.

Advice on a variety of pricing and distribution issues, such as resale price maintenance, exclusivity, bundled discounts, most favored nation clauses, and price discrimination.

Named to "Illinois Rising Stars," Antitrust Litigation, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2008-2013

Fellow; Diversity Law Institute; The Trial Law Institute, Litigation Counsel of American, Trial Lawyer Honor Society

Editorial Board, Issues in Competition Law and Policy, Volumes I, II and III, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, June 2008
Speaker, "Emerging Issues in ASC and Healthcare Litigation," Becker's ASCReview – 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, October 26, 2012
Panelist, "False Claims, Anti-Kickback Investigations and Other Common Issues of Litigation," Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting – ACOs, Physician-Hospital Integration, Improving Profitability and Key Specialties, May 18, 2012
Speaker, "Antitrust Concerns in Medical Device Pricing and Reimbursement," ACI In-House Counsel Forum on Medical Device Pricing & Reimbursement, 2011
Speaker, "Antitrust Concerns in Medical Device Pricing," 2nd Annual Medical Device, Durable Medical Equipment & Diagnostics Conference: Key Business & Legal Issues for Manufacturers & Distributors, McGuireWoods LLP Seminar, November 3, 2010
Speaker, "Antitrust Concerns in Medical Device Pricing and Reimbursement," ACI In-House Counsel Forum on Medical Device Pricing & Reimbursement, 2010
Speaker, Recent Developments in Antitrust: A Prescription for Compliance, July 14, 2009