Kirkland brought aboard Scott Scheele, a former section chief in the Justice Dept. antitrust division, as a partner based in the firm’s Washington office.
Scheele served as Justice’s chief of the media, entertainment and communications section between 2012 and 2021. He supervised about 20 trial lawyers and all merger and civil conduct investigations.
Scheele in the role also implemented competition policy in the areas of wireless and wireline telecommunications, media and entertainment.
In joining the antitrust and competition practice, Scheele adds his experience to a firm that has more than 3,000 attorneys and advises on all aspects of competition law. ...
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