Former FTC Chief Trial Counsel Charles Loughlin Joins Hogan Lovells
Former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Trial Counsel Charles “Chuck” Loughlin has joined Hogan Lovells’ Washington D.C. office as a partner in its Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation (ACER) group within the Global Regulatory Practice.
Loughlin served as chief trial counsel at the Federal Trade Commission since August 2016, and previously served as deputy chief trial counsel. In a release, the firm said Loughlin has worked on significant recent matters: He led the Impax Labs trial, co-led the Staples/Office Depot trial, and supervised both the Tronox/Cristal trial and the 1-800 Contacts trial.
Before entering public service, Loughlin was a partner in the antitrust groups at law firms Baker Botts and Howrey where he focused on private antitrust litigation, particularly defending against class action cases. Additionally, he served as lead antitrust counsel for the country’s largest options exchange in a number of alleged price-fixing and market allocation cases.
Loughlin graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire and received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center.
