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Theodore Voorhees is Chair of the firm's Antitrust and Consumer Law Practice Group. Mr. Voorhees is a litigation partner in the firm's Washington, DC office.
Antitrust and Consumer Protection - Mr. Voorhees' antitrust practice encompasses counseling and litigation, with particular emphasis on pricing and distributorship arrangements in the United States, and counseling trade associations on antitrust compliance matters. He became a member of the Council of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association in 2001, and was appointed the Section's Publications Officer in 2004 and its Section Delegate in 2006. Mr. Voorhees has served as one of the co-teachers of the firm's antitrust seminar at the University of Virginia School of Law since the early 1980s.
On consumer protection matters, Mr. Voorhees has represented clients in proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission on advertising and marketing matters and the Consumer Product Safety Commission on product safety matters. He has also represented clients in connection with consumer class action proceedings filed under state consumer protection and unfair business practices statutes.
Product Liability - Mr. Voorhees' practice also encompasses product liability and toxic tort matters, including both counseling and litigation with particular emphasis on mass tort litigation and trade association liability. He has counseled clients on product liability and risk assessment in the software, mining, medical devices, construction equipment, pharmaceutical, chemical, food, and beverage alcohol industries. Mr. Voorhees has lectured at numerous conferences on a broad range of product liability issues including the growing controversy over the causes of the obesity epidemic, harms caused by computer viruses and similar cyber attacks, strategies for peripheral defendants facing an upsurge of filings in asbestos litigation, and product liability risks facing trade associations that lobby the government on health and safety matters.
Representative Matters
- Counsel to pharmaceutical company in defense of antitrust price fixing claims brought against all major US manufacturers in state court in California.
- Antitrust advisor to automobile industry client in connection with issues presented by joint venture.
- National counsel to trade associations on antitrust, product liability, marketing and related matters.
- National coordinating counsel for professional society in multi-state welding toxic tort litigation and for medical device manufacturer in orthopedic product liability litigation.
- National coordinating counsel for trade association in multi-state vinyl chloride toxic tort litigation.
- Counsel to biotech company in successful defense of wrongful death litigation arising out of a clinical trial conducted in Illinois.
Honors and Rankings
- PLC Which Lawyer 2008 Yearbook, for Competition/Antitrust (Recommended), for Dispute Resolution (Highly Recommended)
- PLC Life Sciences, Which Lawyer? for Product Liability (2008)
- Chambers USA Guide for Products Liability (2006, 2007)
- Best Lawyers in America for Product Liability Litigation and Antitrust Law (2008)
- Global Counsel 3000, rated as one of eight "highly recommended individuals" for Litigation and Arbitration (2001)
- Practical Law Company's Dispute Resolution Handbook, Highly Recommended rating as both a product liability and an antitrust litigator (2003-2004; 2004-2005; and 2005-2006)
- Practical Law Company's Cross-border Life Sciences Handbook, Recommended rating for his industry litigation and antitrust expertise (2006-2007)
- Practical Law Company's Cross-border Competition Handbook, Recommended rating in competition and antitrust expertise (2006-2008)
Pro Bono
- Provided counseling to advocacy organizations for the elderly in connection with the drafting and publication of a book advising custodial grandparents of their rights and available government resources to assist in caring for their grandchildren.
- Has represented numerous pro bono clients in civil rights and housing litigation.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Council of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, Member
- Publications Officer (2004)
- Section Delegate (2006)
- ABA Section of Antitrust Law
- Vice-Chair of the Editorial Board for the Antitrust Law Developments (4th ed. 1997)
- Editor-in-Chief for the ABA's Annual Review of 1993 Antitrust Law Developments
- University of Virginia School of Law, Co-Teacher of antitrust seminar since the early 1980s
Publications and Speeches
- "Practical Implications of Leegin For the Alcohol Beverages Industry," National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (March 2008)
- "U.S. Clinical Trials Liability Litigation," Paediatric Clinical Trials Conference (January 2008)
- "Global Antitrust Developments," Organization for International Investment, General Counsel Conference (October 2007)
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