Chris Renner is a partner at Davis Wright Tremain in the Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm's litigation practice group. His practice is focused on antitrust litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in the technology, healthcare IT, and medical supply industries. Chris also has extensive experience representing clients before state, federal, and international enforcement agencies.
Chris spent eight years at the FTC, including serving as an attorney advisor to the chairman and acting deputy assistant director of the Bureau of Competition. Chris excels in formulating and proving creative antitrust theories, and has a specialty in representing plaintiffs (especially plaintiffs with new and emerging business models) in antitrust matters involving anticompetitive, exclusionary conduct. Clients prize his sophisticated grasp of antitrust law and economics, his creativity, his attention to detail, and his responsiveness.