Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Antitrust and Competition; Healthcare; Litigation

John D. Carroll is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office.

John’s practice focuses on civil and criminal antitrust matters, including mergers & acquisitions, strategic counseling and compliance, and global cartel investigations, where he represents clients before the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission, and international and state antitrust enforcement authorities.

Prior to private practice, John was in the Mergers I Division of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition for several years.  While with the FTC, he investigated, challenged, and negotiated settlements in a number of potentially anti-competitive business combinations in the aerospace, technology, consumer products, defense, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries and received an Award for Meritorious Service for work on merger litigation.

John frequently speaks and writes on antitrust issues and has held leadership positions in the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law (formerly the Vice-chair of Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Committee and currently a Vice-chair of the Media & Technologies Committee) and the American Health Lawyers Association Antitrust Practice Group (former Social Media Chair).

ABA Antitrust Section, Vice-Chair of the Media & Technologies Committee (2021-2022, 2022-2023)

J.D., George Washington University, 2004

B.A., University of Michigan, 2001