Gary L. Halling

Gary Halling is retired from the firm and is now Of Counsel. He was the Practice Group Leader of Sheppard Mullin’s Antitrust and Competition Group from 2001-2016. Gary was with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, where he was a trial attorney in the General Litigation Section from 1976-1981.

Areas of Practice

Gary specialized in complex business litigation with emphasis on antitrust and unfair competition matters. He had extensive experience in civil and criminal antitrust matters involving both federal and state enforcement agencies. Chambers USA noted that he is held in high regard for his "amazing" antitrust litigation practice and "instant credibility into the courtroom" and is a "straightforward, no-nonsense, upstanding lawyer."

Practice History

1975-1976: Law Clerk to United States District Judge William B. Enright (S.D. Cal.).
1976-1981: Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1981-1993:  Partner, Broad, Shulz, Larson & Wineberg, San Francisco.
1993-2017:  Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, San Francisco.
2018-Present: Of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, San Francisco. 

Honors

• Ranked as an Antitrust Trailblazer, National Law Journal, 2016
• Leading Lawyer, Antitrust, Chambers USA, 2009-2020
• Antitrust, Legal 500, 2014-2019
• Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2021
• Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2009-2020
• Northern California Super Lawyers, San Francisco Magazine, 2007-2020

Publications

• United States Antitrust Laws (2014) (English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese versions)
• Confronting Cartels Proactively (2004)
• Antitrust Mergers and Acquisitions (2003)

Speeches

Gary has been a regular speaker before the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, and presents to major national corporations on antitrust topics.

• Standard Essential Patents, FRAND & Competition Law Workshop, moderator of Regulators Panel (2015)
• ABA International Antitrust Cartel Conference, faculty speaker (Paris, 2010)
• China Society for WTO Studies, China Antitrust Professional Committee, sponsor and keynote speaker (2009)
• Beijing Antitrust Conference, China's New Anti-Monopoly Law, sponsor and keynote speaker (2007)
• Mergers and Acquisitions in China, Shanghai Conference, speaker (Shanghai, 2007)

Media Mentions