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Drew has spent his career on every side of an antitrust case. He has prosecuted monopolists as an enforcer at the Federal Trade Commission, defended companies through the government’s most demanding investigations and merger trials, led teams in bet-the-company high-stakes commercial litigation, and tried a criminal case to a jury as a federal prosecutor. That range gives him an unusual sense of where a competition case is actually won and lost, and he now puts it to work for the innovators, disruptors, and new entrants that dominant firms work hardest to shut out.
Drew’s particular strength is seeing the big picture but knowing how to drill down to the tiny details required to prove the facts. He builds the factual and expert record that turns a theory into a verdict, drawing the story out of an opponent’s own documents, controlling the deposition record, and shaping the economic testimony that carries a case at trial. A lawyer with an M.B.A., he reads business and financial evidence the way the executives who created it do, and he can translate a market and its incentives into something a judge or jury will follow.
In the Matter of McWane, Inc. McWane was Drew’s first major trial and the case that largely shaped how he practices today. As a young FTC attorney he helped build and try the monopolization and exclusive-dealing case against the dominant maker of ductile iron pipe fittings, proving it at an eight-week trial. It was also where he first worked alongside his partner Chris Renner.
In the Matter of Intel Corporation. Drew helped lead the FTC’s investigation and litigation into claims of monopolization in the markets for central processing units and graphics processing units, developing the evidentiary record in one of the most consequential monopolization matters of its era.
Enforcement Advocacy for Excluded Rivals. On behalf of clients harmed by the conduct of their competitors, Drew has assembled the evidentiary records that move antitrust enforcers to act. He maintains regular contact with federal enforcers at both the FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division and state Attorneys General and has successfully pitched enforcement actions on behalf of clients, often in parallel to their private suits.
DOJ v. Anthem and Cigna. As a member of the core litigation team in one of the decade’s largest merger challenges, Drew helped build the defense through discovery, the efficiencies analysis, and witness preparation for trial. In the related shareholder litigation he directed the expert work and helped prepare the examination of opposing experts.
United States v. Martin. On detail to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Drew served as lead prosecutor in a credit card fraud conspiracy, carrying the case from investigation through a jury trial and sentencing.