Attorney Profiles

Christopher H. Casey 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
phone (215) 575-7131
fax (215) 575-7200
email Email Me

Areas of Focus:

Partner, Corporate Investigations and White Collar Group. Mr. Casey concentrates his practice in white collar defense, criminal and civil antitrust, defamation, and complex commercial litigation.

 

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

  • Represents various media entities and reporters in defending subpoenas and defamation suits
  • Represents mushroom grower in antitrust class action in federal court in Philadelphia
  • Represents indirect purchaser plaintiffs in federal multi-district antitrust class action in chocolate industry
  • Represents several individual defendants in federal criminal fraud investigations
  • Represents telemarketing company against civil enforcement action filed by Federal Trade Commission in federal court in Philadelphia
  • Represents former postal employee in criminal investigation by U.S Postal Service, Office of Inspector General
  • Represented largest physician group in northeastern Pennsylvania in obtaining approval for expansion from U.S Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
  • Member of Litigation team in Harmelin v. Man Financial, hedge-fund fraud case settled for $96 million (2007-2008)

     

  • Education:
    George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1987
    J.D.


    College of the Holy Cross, 1983
    B.A.


    Professional Activities:
    Member, American Bar Association (Antitrust Section - Criminal Practice and Procedure Committee; Criminal Justice Section - White Collar Committee)


    Member, Philadelphia Bar Association (Criminal Justice Section)


    Member, Federal Bar Association (Antitrust and Criminal Law Sections)


    Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of PA, 1999 - 2006


    Antitrust Litigation Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1990 - 1995


    Federal Law Clerk, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1988 - 1989


    Bar Admissions:
    Pennsylvania
    New Jersey
    District of Columbia
    U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
    Presentations:
    Presenter, Hospitals and Physicians on the Firing Line: Recent Enforcement of the False Claims Act, Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA, 2007


    Presenter, Merger Review Process at the FTC: Nuts and Bolts, Philadelphia Bar Association, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, 2007


    Publications:
    Recent High Court Decisions May Help or Hurt Antitrust Defendant, (Co-author), The Legal Intelligencer, April, 2008


    Supreme Court's Rita and Gall Decisions: Likely Effect on Antitrust Defendants, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Criminal Practice and Procedure Committee, Newsletter, December, 2007


    U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Clarify Post-Booker Sentencing, (Co-Author), The Legal Intelligencer, September, 2007


    Supreme Court Poised to Clarify Booker Holding, (Co-Author), The Legal Intelligencer, May, 2007


    The Booker Revolution in Federal Sentencing Has Not Materialized, (Co-Author), The Legal Intelligencer, September, 2006



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