Robert Leibenluft

Positions:

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Washington, D.C.

Experience & Areas of Interest:

Bob Leibenluft's practice is devoted entirely to health and antitrust matters, including counseling and litigation regarding antitrust issues involving hospitals, physicians, health plans, drug and medical device manufacturers, and other entities in the health care sector.



Upon completing law school, Bob worked as an attorney advisor in the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s Office of Policy Planning, concentrating on health and antitrust matters. In 1981, he joined Hogan & Hartson and became a partner in the firm in 1989. He practiced health law at Hogan & Hartson until January 1996 when he rejoined the FTC as Assistant Director for Health Care in the FTC's Bureau of Competition. As head of the Health Care Division, Bob supervised a 25-30 person staff engaged in the review of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures involving hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers, as well as conduct in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. He rejoined Hogan & Hartson in September 1998.

Education:

• J.D., Order of the Coif, University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, 1980


• B.A., magna cum laude, Yale University, 1973