REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Representing petitioner Abigail Fisher in Fisher v. University of Texas, a constitutional challenge to the university's race-based admission policies, to be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States early next Term.
• Representing Shelby County, Alabama in its challenge to the constitutionality of the renewal of the Voting Rights Act.
• Longstanding Washington and antitrust counsel to world's largest airline trade association.
• Longstanding counsel to world's leading international satellite services provider.
• Representing major airline in antitrust civil litigation and merger investigations.
• Leading tort reform initiative for major pharmaceutical companies.
• Representing physicians group in successful effort to overturn U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pediatric Rule.
• Constitutional litigation including First Amendment and Preemption challenges to regulatory initiatives and tort law expansions.
• Representing insurers and reinsurers in complex coverage litigation and arbitration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Director, National Chamber Litigation Center (1992-Present).
• Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1990-1994).
• Reagan Administration Transition Teams for the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (1981).
• Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (1969-1970) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (1970-1973), U.S. Department of State.
• General Counsel, Community Learning & Information Network (1998-Present).
• Key Issues Committee, Richard M. Nixon Presidential Campaign (1968).

AFFILIATIONS

• Advisory Committee to U.S. Sentencing Commission, Administrative Committee.
• American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Antitrust Law.
• The American Law Institute (ALI).
• President, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (ITCTLA) (1990-1991).
• Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Administrative Committee on Procedural Reform.
• Board Member, National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC) (1990-Present).
• National Committee on Tourism (1971-1973).
• Chairman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Law Council (1987-1990).

HONORS & AWARDS

• Named a Legal Times "Visionary," one of a select group of lawyers "whose business foresight or legal acumen has expanded their firms, advanced the law or improved government" (2012).
• Named the Washington, DC Administrative/Regulatory Law "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America directory (2013).
• Named by The Legal 500 US a "leading lawyer" in Antitrust Law (2009).
• Named the Washington DC area's "Leading Food and Drug Lawyer" by Legal Times (2005).
• Named one of DC's "Super Lawyers" for Antitrust Litigation (2007-2012) and Business Litigation (2013) by Super Lawyers magazine.
• Named by Lawdragon as one of "3000 Leading Lawyers" (2007, 2010-2011).
• Included in The Best Lawyers in America directory year after year.
• AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest ranking by peers for general ethical standards and legal ability.
  

PUBLICATIONS

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• Comcast v. Behrend: Footnote 5 and the Ghost of Carolene Products
  Bert W. Rein and John B. Wyss
  April 26, 2013 | Bloomberg BNA's Class Action Litigation Report

• First Amendment Defense Prevails Against FDA Prosecution for Off-Label Marketing
  Caronia Decision Could Have Profound Impact on FDA Power to Regulate Promotion of Drugs, Devices, Dietary Supplements
  James N. Czaban and Bert W. Rein
  December 3, 2012

• 'Pomdering' the FTC's Substantiation Doctrine and the First Amendment
  Bert W. Rein and John E. Barry
  August 22, 2012 | Bloomberg BNA's Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report

• Administrative Law Bulletin: Coalition For Responsible Regulation v. Environmental Protection Agency — Highly Deferential Judicial Review of Agency Scientific Determinations
  Bert W. Rein, Richard L. McConnell and Brendan J. Morrissey
  July 9, 2012

• Administrative Law Bulletin: Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham—A New Limit on the Deference Accorded to an Agency's Interpretation of Its Own Regulations
  Bert W. Rein, Helgi C. Walker, Brendan J. Morrissey and Elbert Lin
  June 20, 2012

SPEECHES

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NEWS RELEASES

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• Wiley Rein Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary

  May 1, 2013

• Fifty-Eight Wiley Rein Attorneys Named to DC "Super Lawyers" List Across 18 Areas of the Law

  April 19, 2013

• Appellate Partner William Consovoy Named a Law360 “Rising Star”

  March 18, 2013

• Sixth Circuit Rejects Michigan’s Bottle Law With Help from Wiley Rein Amicus Brief

  December 4, 2012

• Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to “Preclearance” Provision of Voting Rights Act

  November 13, 2012

• Bert Rein and Andrew McBride Receive 2013 “Lawyer of the Year” Honor from Best Lawyers

  September 12, 2012

• Bert Rein a Featured Panelist for The National Law Journal’s Supreme Court Preview on September 13

  August 29, 2012

• Twenty-One Wiley Rein Partners Recognized Across 18 Practice Areas in the 2013 Edition of Best Lawyers

  August 22, 2012

• The National Law Journal Names Bert Rein a Washington "Visionary"

  July 9, 2012

IN THE NEWS

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• An Anniversary to Memorialize! Bert Rein and Richard Wiley Discuss 30 Years of Wiley Rein

  May 2013 | The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Vol. 21, No. 5

• Bert Rein Discusses Appeals Court Ruling’s Impact on Off-Label Drug Marketing

  January 29, 2013 | The Coalition for Healthcare Communication

• Bert Rein Comments on FDA Marketing Rules for Prescription Drugs

  December 7, 2012 | The Wall Street Journal

• Bert Rein Discusses U.S. Appeals Court Reversal of Off-Label Drug Marketing Conviction

  December 7, 2012 | Bloomberg BNA