September 2001
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
ROBERT PITOFSKY
2001 – Present
1995 – 2001
May 1981 -June 1983,
and
July 1989 – 1995
July 1983 -June 1989
July 1978 – April 1981
1973 – 1978
1970 – 1973
1963 – 1970
1957 – 1963
1956 – 1957
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
Of Counsel, Arnold & Porter
Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
Of Counsel, Arnold & Porter
Dean and Executive Vice President for Law Center Affairs,
Georgetown University Law Center
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
Of Counsel, Arnold & Porter
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission
Professor Law, New York University School of Law
Attorney, Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood,
New York City
Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION
New York University, B.A., 195 1 ; Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in English and History.
Columbia Law School, LL. B., 1954; Columbia Law Review.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution, 1989 – 1990.
Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, 1990.
Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 1975 – 1976.
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Faculty Member, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Salzburg, Austria, 1975.
HONORS
Doctor of Laws (Honorary), Georgetown University, 1989.
Selected by Time Magazine as one of ten outstanding mid-career law professors,
1977.
Distinguished Service Award, Federal Trade Commission, 1972.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of Cases and Materials on Trade Regulation (with Milton Handler, Harlan
M. Blake, Harvey Goldschmid), Foundation Press (4th ed. 1995) (Supplement 2001).
Co-author of Cases and Materials on Antitrust (with Harlan M. Blake), Foundation
Press 1967 (Supplement 1969).
Co-author of Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Policy,
Chapter 3 in Changing America: Blue Prints for the New Administration ( with Eleanor
Fox), New Market Press (1 992).
Co-editor of Revitalizing Antitrust in its Second Century (with Eleanor Fox and
Harry First), Quorum Press (1 992).
Federal Trade Commission Investigations, Chapter 48 in Antitrust Counseling and
Litigation Techniques (with Merrick Garland) (vofialinowski, ed., 1984).
Antitrust and Intellectual Property, Unresolved Issues at the Heart of the New
Economy, 16 Berkley Tech L.J. 535 (2001).
Proposals for Revised United States Merger Enforcement in a Global Economy, 8 1
Geo. L.J. 195 (1992).
New Definitions of Relevant Market and the Assault on Antitrust, 90 Colum. L.Rev.
1805 (1 990).
The Renaissance of Antitrust, 45 The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York, 85 1 (1 990).
Co-author of Antitrust Merger Policy and the Reagan Administration, (with
Thomas G. Krattenmaker) 33 Antitrust Bulletin 2 1 1 (1 988).
Introduction to the Antitrust Alternative (with Eleanor M. Fox), 62 N.Y.U. Law
Review 93 1 (1 987).
Antitrust in the Next 100 Years, 75 California L. Rev. 817 (1987).
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Change in Administration, Change in Antitrust, Antitrust Magazine 24 (Winter,
1987).
A Framework for Antitrust Analyses of Join Ventures, 74 Geo. L.J. 1605 (1 986), also
Too Many Lawyers, Proceedings of the 45th Judicial Conference of the D.C. Circuit
published in 54 Antitrust L.J. 893 (1985).
305 (1984).
Whv Dr. Miles Was Right, Regulation Magazine 27 (Jan./Feb. 1984).
In Defense of Discounters: The No-Frills Case for a Per Se Rule Against Vertical
Price Fixing, 71 Geo. L.J. 1487 (1983).
Antitrust at Justice, 5 Justice Watch 7 (1982).
Giving the Giants More Leash, 3 Speaking of Japan 37 (1 982).
Competition and Regulation, 77 Conference Bd. Bulletin 7 (1980).
Experience Curve Strategies and Antitrust, 90 Conference Bd. Bulletin 10 (1980).
The Political Content of Antitrust, 127 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1051 (1979).
The Sylvania Case: Antitrust Analysis of Non-Price Vertical Restrictions, 78 Colum.
L. Rev. 1 (1978).
Beyond Nader: Consumer Protection and the Regulation of Advertising, 90 Harv. L.
Rev. l(1978).
The FTC Improvements Act, 45 Antitrust Law Journal 117 (1976).
Advertising Regulation and the Consumer Movement, Part One of Issues in
Advertising (AEI Publication, Tuerck ed., 1975)
Changing Focus in the Regulation of Advertising, Chapter 7 in Brozen, Advertising
and Society, University Press, 1974.
Regulation Under Fire; Consumers, the Environment, the Economy, and the Impact
of Change: A Panel, 8 Columbia Journal of Law & Policy Problems 33 (1971).
Arbitration and Antitrust Enforcement, 25 Arbitration Journal 40 (1 970).
Marketing and Franchising Antitrust Prognosis for the 70’s: A Panel, 39 A.B.A.
Antitrust Law Journal 502 (1 969-1 970).
Joint Ventures Under the Antitrust Laws: Some Reflections on the Significance of
Penn-Oh, 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1007 (1969).
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Is the Colgate Doctrine Dead? Affirmative of the Debate, 37 A.B.A. Antitrust Law
Journal 772 (1968).
Co-author of Antitrust Consequences of Using Corporate Subsidiaries (with Everett I.
Willis), 43 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 20 (1968).
Book Review: Regulatory Bureaucracv by R.A. Katzman, 90 Yale L. Reb. 726
(1981).
Book Review: Invitation to an Inquest by Walter and Miriam Schneir, 65 Colum. L.
Rev. 608 (1966).
Book Review: In A Few Hands: Monopoly Power in America by Estes Kefauver, 40
N.Y.U. L. Rev. 816 (1965).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Commission Counsel to the American Bar Association, Commission to Study the
FTC (Report issued Sept. 15,1969).
Chairman, Committee on Consumer Protection, Antitrust Section of the American
Bar Association (1970 – 1972).
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute for Public Interest Representation,
Georgetown University Law Center (1 973 – 1978).
Member of the Board of Directors, Society of American Law Teachers (1 973 –
1977).
Member of the Task Force on Regulatory Reform, U.S. Senate Government
Operations Committee (1975 – 1977).
Member of the Council, Administrative Conference (Presidential Appointment)
(1980 – 1981).
Chairman of the Antitrust Section, AALS (1 97 1 – 1972 and 1982 – 1983).
Member of the Board of Advisers, Columbia University Center for Law and
Economic Studies (1 975 – 1995).
Chairman of the National Institutes, Antitrust Section of the ABA (1982 – 1983).
Member of the Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar Association
(1981 – 1984).
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Georgetown Study of Private Antitrust Litigation
(1984 – 1985).
Member of the Council, Antitrust Section of the ABA (1986 – 1989).
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Member of the Board of Directors, Craig Corporation (1 986 – 1992).
Member of the Special Committee on Gender Bias in the Courts, District of Columbia
Bar Association (1987 – 1990).
Member of the Committee on the FTC, Antitrust Section of the ABA (1988 – 1989).
Chair, Clinton Administration Transition Team Reporting on Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice, Jan. 1993.
Chair, Defense Science Board Task Force on Antitrust Aspects of Defense Industry
Downsizing, March 1994.
Member, Washington Advisory Committee to Lawyers Committee on International
H~an Rights (1992 – 1995).
Member, American Law Institute (1983 – Present).
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000 – Present).
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