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Todd R. Seelman
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP · USA
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Antitrust · USA
Todd R. Seelman is the Managing Partner of the Denver office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, a 1600-attorney, full-service law firm with 54 offices in 26 states and the District of Columbia. Todd is the firmwide Chair of the Antitrust and Competition practice group. He also is a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Lateral Acquisitions Committee.
• State of Colorado
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• J.D., cum laude, Mitchell Hamline University School of Law, 1990
– Law Review, Editorial Board (1989-90); Associate Editor (1988-89)
– Journal of Public Law & Policy, Associate Editor (1988-89)
– Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Senior Law Student Award, Recipient
• B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1986
• Rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell (2008-present)
• Top Rated Antitrust and Securities Lawyer by Super Lawyers (2017-present)
• Rated 10.0 out of 10.0 by Avvo (2008-present)
• Top Antitrust Lawyer by 5280 Magazine (Colorado) (2015-present)
• Barrister’s Best Antitrust Lawyer by Law Week Colorado (2016-2018, 2020)
• Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation
• Fellow of the Wisconsin Bar Foundation
Todd has 30 years of experience representing corporations in matters involving antitrust, securities, employment, financial fraud, and complex commercial law. Todd has extensive experience in single party, joinder, class actions and multi-district complex litigation on a wide range of complex financial litigation.
State Bar Admissions
• State of Wisconsin
Federal Court Admissions
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Teaching Experience
Since 2008, Todd has been an Adjunct Professor of Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law. Todd teaches the history and fundamentals of the English monopoly and United States antitrust laws including: The Sherman Antitrust Act; the Clayton Antitrust Act; the Robinson-Patman Act; the Federal Trade Commission Act; the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; the Class Action Fairness Act; and the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act. Substantive topics include: The distinctions between per se, quick look and rule of reason analysis; the distinction between horizontal and vertical restraints; the distinction between single firm and multiple firm conduct; monopolization; attempted monopolization; market foreclosure; exclusionary practices; resale price maintenance agreements; price-fixing; bid rigging; supply restrictions; market allocations (product, geography and customer); group boycotts; price discrimination; pre-merger analysis; antitrust exemptions; legal standards for dismissal, summary judgment and at trial; antitrust standing (antitrust injury); and antitrust damage models.
Education
– Law Review, Editorial Board (1989-90); Associate Editor (1988-89)
– Journal of Public Law & Policy, Associate Editor (1988-89)
– Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Senior Law Student Award, Recipient
• B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1986
– Mock Trial Team
Professional Recognition
• Top Rated Antitrust and Securities Lawyer by Super Lawyers (2017-present)
• Rated 10.0 out of 10.0 by Avvo (2008-present)
• Top Antitrust Lawyer by 5280 Magazine (Colorado) (2015-present)
• Barrister’s Best Antitrust Lawyer by Law Week Colorado (2016-2018, 2020)
• Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation
• Fellow of the Wisconsin Bar Foundation
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