Jeffrey Aaronson

Jeffrey B. Aaronson is Partner in the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Department at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd located in Chicago, Illinois. He concentrates his practice in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, antitrust investigations, litigation, counseling, corporate internal investigations and other civil litigation. Mr. Aaronson has represented a major industrial gas corporation in its defense against a price fixing claim; represented a large health care company in its acquisition of two other health care companies and in its merger with a third; represented individuals and companies in a variety of criminal investigations including antitrust, environmental, fraud, health care and industrial espionage; and represented individuals and companies undergoing grand jury investigations. Previously, he spent ten years with the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. While at the Justice Department, Mr. Aaronson was the lead attorney on many merger investigations and criminal prosecutions. He conducted a number of jury trials and received a numerous awards from the Department of Justice. He has written and lectured on antitrust law, the government's antitrust case against Microsoft, patent matters, health care antitrust issues and criminal practice and procedure. Mr. Aaronson is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law and a faculty member with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. (This is me - Update Profile)