Robert A. Burka
Washington, D.C. Office
Regulatory and Litigation Departments
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Robert A. Burka is a partner in
Foley & Lardner's Washington, D.C. office. He is a member
of the firm's Regulatory Department (Legislative Practice
Group) and Litigation Department (Antitrust Practice Group).
Mr. Burka has more than 20 years of experience in antitrust
law and commercial litigation in courts and before
administrative regulatory bodies. He counsels corporate
clients on federal regulatory problems and antitrust
compliance programs, and advises hedge fund clients on
antitrust and trade regulation issues.
A former Acting Assistant Director of the Federal Trade
Commission's Bureau of Competition, Mr. Burka served on the
FTC's merger screening committee, which reviewed proposed
mergers throughout the country for antitrust law enforcement
purposes. He was lead complaint counsel at trial and on
administrative appeal in Ethyl Corp., one of the few
litigated price signalling and facilitating practices cases.
Mr. Burka served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable
Milton Pollack, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of New York.
Mr. Burka graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., summa
cum laude,1966), was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was
both a Reynolds Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar. He also
graduated from the London School of Economics and Political
Science (M.Sc., Economics, 1967) and Harvard Law School (J.D.,
with honors, 1970). Mr. Burka continues to be an active
alumnus and fundraiser for Dartmouth. During his first year as
a student at Harvard, Mr. Burka was a Visiting Lecturer in
Economics at The American University. He was also a member of
the Board of Student Advisors for two years.
Mr. Burka is admitted to practice in the District of
Columbia and New York, and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals
for the Second, Fourth and Fifth Circuits, the District of
Columbia and Federal Circuits and the United States Supreme
Court.
Mr. Burka's direct telephone number in the Washington
office is (202) 672-5345 and his email address is mailto:rburka@foleylaw.com |