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Salvatore A. Romano
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sromano@porterwright.com
p: 202-778-3054 f: 202-778-3063
1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006-3434
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Mr. Romano's areas of concentration are antitrust and trade regulation counseling, litigation and complex commerical litigation including class actions. He has provided antitrust counseling to clients and litigated cases, running the range of Sherman Act, Clayton Act, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, Robinson-Patman Act, and Federal Trade Commission Act competition and trade regulation issues in various industries such as health care, pharmaceutical, automotive aftermarket, greeting card, toy, agricultural, and telecommunications. Mr. Romano has represented clients in structuring and analyzing acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures, as well as B2B and related Internet issues. He has handled federal and state governmental antitrust matters, including civil investigations, administrative hearings and grand jury investigations.
Mr. Romano's other antitrust experience includes cases involving hospital Certificate of Need matters and health care issues, intellectual property issues, regulated industries, and standard setting. He also has represented clients in a range of matters before the Federal regulatory agencies, Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission. In addition, Mr. Romano has handled a wide range of complex non-antitrust litigation matters including intellectual property, unfair and deceptive trade practices, business torts, RICO, and commercial/corporate matters.
Practice Areas
Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Agriculture
Complex antitrust litigation
Compliance programs/audits
Distribution, pricing & promotional allowance programs
Grand jury investigations/criminal proceedings
Intellectual property/Internet
Mergers, acquisitions & joint ventures
Trade association representation
Litigation
Antitrust and competition law
Class actions
Complex commercial
Corporate criminal defense and internal investigations
Health care litigation
Professional Associations
American Bar Association, Member; Antitrust Section; Litigation Section; Trade Association Section; Criminal and Administrative Law Section
Federal Bar Association, Member; Antitrust Council, past Chairman
Education
St. John's University School of Law, L.L.B, 1964; The St. John's Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1963-1964
St. John's University, B.A., 1961
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
State of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Various federal courts of appeal and federal district courts
Pro Hac Vice in many state courts
Presentations/Publications/CLE
Author, "Cooperative Buying and Antitrust Policy: The Search for Competitive Equality," 41 George Washington L. Rev. 971, 1973
Presentation, "Standards, Certification and Codes of Ethics: Workable Guidelines Revisited," ABA Section of Antitrust Law: Designing Association Programs to Comply With Current Antitrust Requirements (May 7, 1990)
Presentation, "The Supreme Court and Standard Setting: The Need for Workable Guidelines," ABA National Institute on Compliance and Counseling in the New Antitrust Era (November 1988).
Community/Civic/Volunteer Work
Associated Catholic Charities, Washington, D.C., Legal Network Advisory Council, Board of Directors, past Chairman and Member
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