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Henry Su Adjunct Associate Professor WCL Adjunct Faculty

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Henry Su
WCL | General Academics & Research
Capital Building C110
Degrees
J.D., University of Virginia
B.S., Yale University

Bio

Professor Henry Su is a seasoned trial lawyer and teacher who has spent the bulk of his聽 career practicing in the fields of antitrust, consumer protection, intellectual property, and technology law.聽 Mr. Su has a unique combination of experience and expertise in (1) law enforcement, regulation, legislation, and policymaking鈥攁s as a senior litigation counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ), and a former senior litigator and advisor with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and (2) technology, innovation, business strategy, and startup activity鈥攁s a Silicon Valley-based senior litigator and counselor.



Professor Su鈥檚 government service at the FTC included two stints as a senior trial lawyer in the agency鈥檚 Bureau of Competition (January 2013 to February 2015, February 2017 to August 2017), litigating merger and conduct cases (e.g., St. Luke鈥檚/Saltzer, 1-800 Contacts) and participating in the investigation of several others. Additionally, he served as an attorney advisor to Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch (January 2011 to January 2013) and Chairwoman Edith Ramirez (February 2015 to February 2017), providing advice and counsel to each Commissioner on a wide range of antitrust and competition matters, topics, and issues.



A veteran member of the American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Law Section鈥檚 leadership, Mr. Su currently serves as a member of the governing Council and as co-chair of the Antitrust Fall Forum and is also a member of the U.S. Advisory Board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.



Professor Su is a longtime program director and faculty member with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated since 1971 to the training and development of effective and ethical courtroom advocates, who are essential to preserving and improving our adversarial system of justice.聽 He was recognized by NITA for outstanding service as faculty with the 2020 Hon. Robert E. Keeton Award. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.



Professor Su chairs the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, whose mission is to ensure access to justice through the expansion and enhancement of the delivery of legal and other law-related services to the underserved through volunteer efforts of legal professionals nationwide. In 2021 he was recognized as an ABA Free Legal Answers 2020 Pro Bono Leader for his pro bono service. He also serves on the Virginia State Bar鈥檚 Access to Legal Services Committee and is a Patron Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

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