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Justin Bernick
Work Department
Global Regulatory
Position
Partner
Career
Justin Bernick defends clients in antitrust lawsuits in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has participated in some of the largest antitrust class actions in the country.
Justin concentrates his practice on antitrust and commercial litigation, with experience in multi-district and multi-jurisdictional litigation and consumer class actions following criminal and civil government investigations. He also represents companies in Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and state antitrust inquiries, including merger and conduct investigations.
Justin leverages his comprehensive knowledge of economics and antitrust law to achieve early success for clients at the motion to dismiss, summary judgment, and class certification stages. He litigates a wide range of antitrust and competition issues pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, allegations of price fixing, market allocation, vertical and horizontal agreements, and monopolization. Justin’s deep knowledge spans various industries – life sciences and pharmaceuticals, health care, financial services, food and agriculture, and tech sectors. He was a member of the trial team in a case that was named the 2012 Litigation of the Year by Global Competition Review.
Memberships
Member, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
Member, Litigation Section, American Bar Association
Member, Virginia Bar Association
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2007
B.A., University of Virginia, with distinction, 2004
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
(Next Generation Partners)With a strong foothold in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, Hogan Lovells US LLP acts for leading healthcare providers, pharma companies, and healthcare insurers on the full range of antitrust mandates, with a particular emphasis on merger litigation and challenges; Justin Bernick is a key name here. Charles Loughlin, former FTC chief trial counsel, handles putative antitrust class actions and reverse payment cases, Tripp Monts has a broad practice spanning price-fixing cases, monopolization allegations, and market allocation issues in the automotive and healthcare sectors, while Benjamin Holt has particular expertise in cross-border and multidistrict litigation matters. Bernick, Loughlin, Monts, and Holt co-lead the practice from Washington DC. Kenneth Field, also in Washington DC, joined the team from Jones Day in March 2023, further adding to the firm’s healthcare antitrust offering.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Civil litigation/class actions: defense United States > Antitrust
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation