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Richard G. Parker

Richard
Parker

Partner

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rparker@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 202.955.8503

FAX:+1 202.530.9518

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

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PRACTICE

Antitrust and Competition Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Richard Parker is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.  Mr. Parker is a leading antitrust lawyer who has successfully represented clients before both enforcement agencies and the courts.

As an experienced antitrust trial and regulatory lawyer, Mr. Parker has been involved in many major antitrust representations, including merger clearance cases, cartel matters, class actions, and government civil investigations.  He has extensive experience representing clients in matters before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.  Mr. Parker’s experience in high-profile merger trials has earned him high honors, including being recognized by Chambers USA as a first-tier ranked “Leading Lawyer” in Antitrust; and being consistently included on Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” list.  Benchmark also named Mr. Parker its “East Coast Antitrust Litigator of the Year,” in 2021.  He was named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Antitrust by Best Lawyers in America which has recognized him in the areas of Antitrust Law, and Commercial Litigation since 2006.  Who’s Who Legal has named him to their “Thought Leaders: Global Elite” list for Competition every year since 2018 and in its inaugural 2023 edition of “Thought Leaders: USA” for Competition.  In addition, Mr. Parker has been recognized in Euromoney’s Expert Guides 2022 Best of the Best United States Guide, The Legal 500 United States, Legal Times, Lawdragon, and by Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Washington, DC Lawyers.”  In 2020, The Am Law Litigation Daily named him Litigator of the Week for successfully persuading a federal judge to approve the $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint merger. In 2014, Mr. Parker was named by Global Competition Review as “Litigator of the Week” and as a finalist for “Lawyer of the Year” for his work as lead trial counsel to US Airways in its merger with American Airlines.  According to GCR, the merger was named “Matter of the Year” “on account of the shrewd, pre-emptive lawyering required to out maneuver lawsuits from a host of antitrust enforcers.”

From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Parker served as the Senior Deputy Director and then as Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC.  He joined the firm from O’Melveny & Myers where he served as co-chair of the Antitrust and Competition Practice.

Representative engagements include:

  • Represented Tronox in resolving FTC challenges to its acquisition of National Titanium Dioxide
  • Represented US Airways in the DOJ investigation and litigation that ultimately allowed the airline’s merger with American Airlines to become the largest airline in the world*
  • Represented Sysco in federal court defending the FTC challenge to its proposed merger with US Foods*
  • Represented Triton Coal in successful defense of its merger with Arch Coal in a trial against the FTC in federal district court*
  • Represented Mitchell Corporation in court in defense of FTC challenge to its merger with CCC Holdings*
  • Represented Alaska Airlines in achieving DOJ approval of its merger with Virgin America
  • Currently defending Smithfield Foods in an MDL proceeding alleging antitrust claims in the food industry
  • Currently representing American Airlines in an MDL proceeding alleging antitrust claims in the airline industry
  • Represented companies and individuals in criminal antitrust investigations in food, chemicals, air travel, consumer goods, and industrial products industries*
  • Represented Honeywell International in MDL proceedings involving alleged price fixing in the auto parts industry*
  • Represented Agrium in MDL proceedings involving alleged price fixing in the potash industry*
  • Represented Asiana Airlines, Inc. in two MDL actions involving direct and indirect purchaser classes of air passengers and air cargo services*
  • Represented DeGussa A.G. in class actions alleging price fixing in the carbon black and hydrogen peroxide industries*
  • Represented Honeywell International in class actions involving alleged monopolization of the sale of certain thermostats and alleged price fixing of auto parts*
  • Represented ExxonMobil in class actions involving alleged sharing of salary information*
  • Represented Capital One in treble damage litigation involving the interchange fee*
  • Represented Hertz in a class action litigation alleging price fixing in California*
  • Represented eBay in class actions alleging monopolization and illegal tying*
  • Represented United Airlines in antitrust class actions involving computer reservation systems*
  • Represented Quest Diagnostics and Unilab in obtaining FTC approval of their merger*
  • Represented Avant! in obtaining approval of its merger with Synopsys before the FTC*
  • Represented Univision in connection with DOJ review of its merger with Hispanic Broadcast Corporation*
  • Represented Honeywell before the FTC in the sale of its friction materials business to Federal Mogul*
  • Represented CIGNA in the Insurance Antitrust Litigation, involving a multiplicity of suits by state attorneys general and private plaintiffs alleging violation of the antitrust laws*
  • Represented Lockheed Corporation in its merger with Martin Marietta, and in its acquisition of the Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics*
  • Represented Fresenius A.G. in its acquisition of the dialysis business of National Medical Care, Inc.*

Recent speaking engagements include:

  • Panelist, “Is it Bad to Be Big? An Antitrust Update on Monopoly Law and Enforcement,” Gibson Dunn Webcast (May 2019)
  • Panelist, “Up the Creek Without a Presumption,” American Bar Association, Antitrust Section Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (April 2019)
  • Panelist, “Recent Trends In Antitrust Litigation,” American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Webcast (February 2019)
  • Moderator, “Views from the Federal Bench,” American Bar Association Fall Forum, Washington, D.C. (November 2018)
  • Panelist, “Mergers: Defining and Litigating Relevant Markets,” American Bar Association Antitrust Section Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (April 2018)
  • Panelist, “Recent Trends in Economic Analysis of Mergers as Presented in Litigation,” Hal White Antitrust Conference (June 2016)

Mr. Parker received his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the UCLA School of Law, where he served as the Comment Editor of UCLA Law Review.  He is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia.

*Representation occurred prior to Mr. Parker’s association with Gibson Dunn.

EDUCATION

University of California - Los Angeles - 1974 Juris Doctor

University of California - Davis - 1970 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

District of Columbia Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - January 11, 2023 | Who’s Who Legal 2023 Thought Leaders – Competition Recommends Six Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - January 9, 2023 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 39 Gibson Dunn Partners in its Inaugural Thought Leaders USA Guide
Firm News - January 4, 2023 | Who’s Who Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2023 Recognizes Eleven Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - October 7, 2022 | Expert Guides Best of the Best United States 2022 Recognizes Ten Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - October 6, 2022 | Benchmark Litigation Names Three Gibson Dunn Partners Among its 2023 Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Firm News - October 4, 2022 | Lawdragon Names 38 Partners Among its 2023 500 Leading Litigators in America
Firm News - August 18, 2022 | 11 Gibson Dunn Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
Firm News - August 2, 2022 | Who’s Who Legal Competition 2022 Recognizes 14 Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - June 22, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2022 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - June 1, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Earns 101 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2022
Firm News - October 7, 2021 | Benchmark Litigation Names Four Gibson Dunn Partners Among its 2021 Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Firm News - September 28, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Gibson Dunn Partners in Thought Leaders – Global Elite
Firm News - July 28, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Gibson Dunn Partners in Competition, Hospitality and Product Liability Defense
Firm News - June 29, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2021 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - May 20, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Earns 94 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2021
Firm News - April 5, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Wins Six Awards at 2021 Benchmark Litigation US Awards Ceremony
Client Alert - March 22, 2021 | Senator Klobuchar Proposes Major Antitrust Bill
Client Alert - February 5, 2021 | FTC and DOJ Suspend Early Termination of Merger Reviews; FTC Publishes Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Thresholds for 2021
Firm News - January 14, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Gibson Dunn Partners in Arbitration, Tax and Competition
Webcasts - January 13, 2021 | Webcast: Antitrust Enforcement under the Biden Administration
Firm News - December 15, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal Competition 2020 Recognizes 18 Partners
Webcasts - November 10, 2020 | Webcast: Antitrust Merger Trials – Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success
Firm News - September 1, 2020 | Lee Dunst, Mitch Karlan and Richard Parker Named Among National Law Journal’s 2020 Winning Litigators
Firm News - July 6, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2020 U.S. Legal 500
Client Alert - July 1, 2020 | U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Finalize Vertical Merger Guidelines
Webcasts - May 6, 2020 | Webcast: Pharma, Medical Device, and Biotech Antitrust Update: New Developments and What They Mean
Firm News - April 24, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Earns 84 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2020
Firm News - February 14, 2020 | Richard Parker Named Litigator of the Week
Client Alert - February 12, 2020 | Research & Development – Beware of the Long Reach of the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s Jurisdictional Arm
Firm News - January 30, 2020 | Nine Gibson Dunn Partners Named as Thought Leaders in Construction and Competition by Who’s Who Legal
Firm News - October 1, 2019 | Benchmark Litigation US 2020 Gives Top Marks to Gibson Dunn
Client Alert - September 16, 2019 | DOJ’s Antitrust Division Elects Binding Arbitration to Resolve Merger Challenge
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - July 11, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2019 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - June 7, 2019 | Nineteen Gibson Dunn attorneys recognized by Who’s Who Legal Competition 2019
Webcasts - May 23, 2019 | Webcast: Is It Bad To Be Big? An Antitrust Update On Monopoly Law And Enforcement
Firm News - February 7, 2019 | Nine Gibson Dunn partners recognized by Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders Competition
Firm News - November 21, 2018 | Three Gibson Dunn partners recognized by Who’s Who Legal
Client Alert - November 6, 2018 | Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim and FTC Chairman Joe Simons Testify on Antitrust Enforcement Before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust
Firm News - July 9, 2018 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 24 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - July 5, 2018 | Supreme Court Finds Failure to Prove a Sherman Act Section 1 Violation in Credit Card Market
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