Background
Lipstein, Robert A. was born on December 6, 1954 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Eugene Joseph and Leona (Feld) Lipstein.
Lipstein, Robert A. was born on December 6, 1954 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Eugene Joseph and Leona (Feld) Lipstein.
Bachelor in Economics, Stanford University, 1975; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1978.
Worked at Lipstein, Jaffe & Lawson, L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Practice before Federal and Local Courts, and Federal Agencies, specializing in counseling and litigation in the areas of International Trade, Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1978, District of Columbia. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and United States.
District Court, District of Columbia. 1984, United States. Court of International Trade. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Managing Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: "International Antitrust Enforcement by the United States: What the Antitrust Guidelines for International Operations Tell You, and What They Don't," 12 Nihon University Comparative Law 89 (1995).
"The United States. Government's 1994 Draft Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations - Too Much Enforcement, Too Little Guidelines," 11 Nihon University Comparative Law 75 (1994). "Its Time to Dump the Dumping Laws," International Economics Insights (November/December 1993). Co-Author: (with Douglas E. Rosenthal) "The 1992 Merger Guidelines - Strategies for Managing the Merger Review Process," 16 World Competition 5 (1992).
"Competition and Trade Policy in a Global Economy," Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (June, 1992). "A Global Perspective on Regulation of Mergers;" "Mergers & Acquisitions," (September/October, 1990). "Using United States.
Antitrust Law to Open Foreign Markets;" "M&A TODAY," (April, 1990). Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Co-Chair, Antitrust Committee, International Law Section, 1989-1990). American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Law).
The founding partners have significant experience in representing multinational companies in regulatory proceedings before the International Trade Commission, the Department of Commerce, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission, and in litigating trade, antitrust and trademark and copyright issues. The firm also provides foreign clients international trade advice under United States. law, NAFTA and GATT, and antitrust counsel and intellectual property law advice to Washington, D.C.-based trade associations and major multinational corporations.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Co-Chair, Antitrust Committee, International Law Section, 1989-1990). American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Law).
Married Cheryl A. Artibee-Wedlake, July 30, 1978. Children: Rebecca Lynn, Matthew Wedlake.