John B. Kirkwood is Professor of Law and the William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence at Seattle University School of Law. The Supreme Court has quoted his work and four of his articles have won national awards for pathbreaking antitrust scholarship. He has published in the Florida Law Review, the Notre Dame Law Review, the Boston University Law Review, and many other journals, books, and blogs. In recognition of this record, he was elected to the American Law Institute. He has testified before Congress and at the hearings on predatory pricing held by the FTC and Justice Department. The New York Times, USA Today, Seattle Times, and numerous other print and broadcast media have quoted him. He speaks often at antitrust conferences, consults on antitrust cases, and has drafted professors’ amicus briefs in high-profile antitrust appeals. He set up the FTC’s first antitrust policy planning office and later managed the Evaluation Office and the Premerger Notification Program. After transferring to the FTC’s Northwest Regional Office, he led cases and investigations.
