John Roberti
Partner, Washington, D.C.
John Roberti
Partner, Washington, D.C.
John Roberti is a partner in Cohen & Gresser’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition group.
John has over 25 years of experience advising clients on a variety of complex antitrust issues, including high-profile litigation and investigations, and is an alumnus of the Federal Trade Commission. He is a leading cartel class action lawyer and is involved in many of the most significant cartel matters in the United States. He also regularly represents clients before the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as advising corporate clients on building and evaluating antitrust compliance programs.
John is recognized as a leading antitrust lawyer in Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal Competition. Client and peer commentary notes that he’s a “sharp guy with an impressive track record in the area” and that he’s “always finding the perfect balance between pragmatic solutions while sticking to ethics and high-value standards.” John “not only understands the technical complexities of the field, but his experience allows him to apply practical skills in forecasting, at the inception of the case, the probable outcome and developing a game plan to achieve or better it.”
John hosts “Our Curious Amalgam,” the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s weekly podcast, and was awarded the ABA Antitrust Law Section Outstanding Performance Award for2020-2021. John also is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and serves on non-profit boards supporting people with special needs, including Inclusive Movement and Dance, Inc., CHAT (formerly Center for Speech and Language Disorders) and Sports Plus, Inc.
John Roberti is a partner in Cohen & Gresser’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition group. John has…
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D. 1994); Brown University (B.A. 1991)
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia; New York State
Activities and Affiliations
Member, American Bar Association (Antitrust Law Section Leader)
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Founder and Secretary/Treasurer, Inclusive Movement and Dance, Inc.
Vice Chair, CHAT (formerly Center for Speech and Language Disorders)
Board Member, Sports Plus, Inc.
- Juries acquitted two sets of defendants of antitrust claims involving labor markets.
- The Antitrust Division will continue to pursue labor cases and has three more trials pending.
- The Division is willing to accept some losses in trials as a cost of taking a more aggressive enforcement position.