Lisa KimmelPh.D.

Senior Counsel | Ph.D.

Overview

Lisa Kimmel is a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring's Antitrust and Competition Group. She resides in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Lisa's practice covers merger and civil nonmerger antitrust investigations and antitrust counseling. Lisa also advocates for clients on competition policy matters before federal and state antitrust agencies, focusing in particular on the technology and digital commerce sectors.

Lisa joined Crowell & Moring in 2015 from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she worked for nearly five years as an attorney advisor on antitrust and competition policy matters for the  chair. During her time at the FTC, Lisa advised the chair on antitrust enforcement and policy matters across a broad range of sectors and was her lead advisor on antitrust enforcement and competition policy matters in the technology sector, including matters related to industry standards and the acquisition or assertion of intellectual property rights. Before joining the FTC, Lisa practiced with the antitrust group at an AmLaw 100 firm, where she worked in the firm's San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices.

Lisa’s recent private practice experience includes:

  • Representing leading wireless technology company in antitrust litigation related to the licensing of its standard-essential patents.
  • Advising global computer hardware and technology company on antitrust and patent licensing issues associated with the development of industry standards.
  • Assisting national chemical company with the acquisition of divestiture assets in a merger proceeding.
  • Providing online retailer with counseling and advocacy assistance in association with FTC rulemaking.
  • Counseling nationwide consumer products company with regard to FTC antitrust investigation.
  • Defending online retailer in FTC investigation of unfair and deceptive acts and practices.
  • Providing antitrust and competition policy advice to technology platform on litigation and competitive strategy.

Lisa is an active member of the ABA Antitrust Section and the AIPLA. She serves as an editor of the ABA Antitrust magazine and is a past chair of the AIPLA Antitrust Committee. Lisa speaks and writes regularly on antitrust issues involving the technology sector and intellectual property rights.

Career & Education

    • Federal Trade Commission
      Attorney Advisor on Antitrust and Competition Policy, Office of the Chairwoman, 20102015
    • Federal Trade Commission
      Attorney Advisor on Antitrust and Competition Policy, Office of the Chairwoman, 20102015
    • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude, economics
    • University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., economics
    • University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D.
    • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude, economics
    • University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., economics
    • University of California, Berkeley School of Law, J.D.
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • California
    • District of Columbia