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Burka, Robert A.
Foley & Lardner LLP
3000 K Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 672-5345
Fax: (202) 672-5399
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Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Robert A. Burka is a partner in Foley's Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the firm's Government & Public Policy and Antitrust Practices. Mr. Burka has more than 20 years of experience in antitrust law and commercial litigation in courts and before administrative regulatory bodies. He counsels corporate clients on federal regulatory problems and antitrust compliance programs, and advises hedge fund clients on antitrust and trade regulation issues. A former acting assistant director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, Mr. Burka served on the FTC's merger screening committee, which reviewed proposed mergers throughout the country for antitrust law enforcement purposes. He was lead complaint counsel at trial and on administrative appeal in Ethyl Corp., one of the few litigated price signaling and facilitating practices cases. Mr. Burka served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Milton Pollack, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Burka graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., summa cum laude,1966), was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was both a Reynolds Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar. He also graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., economics, 1967) and Harvard Law School (J.D., with honors, 1970). Mr. Burka continues to be an active alumnus and fundraiser for Dartmouth. During his first year as a student at Harvard, Mr. Burka was a visiting lecturer in economics at The American University. He was also a member of the Board of Student Advisers for two years. Mr. Burka is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York, and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth and Fifth Circuits, the District of Columbia and Federal Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.
Areas of Practice
- Antitrust
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1971
- District of Columbia, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1972
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1985
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1977
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1972
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1972
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Past Employment Positions
- Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, Acting Assistant Director
- Hon. Milton Pollack, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Judicial Law Clerk
Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1970
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: With Honors - Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,
1966
A.B.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Reynolds Scholar
Honors: Fulbright Scholar - London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England,
1967
M.S.Ec.
Major: Economics
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
Office Information
Address
3000 K Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20007
Phones
(202) 672-5345
Faxes
(202) 672-5399