Practice Areas & Industries: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

HRO’s counseling practice is premised on the view that a corporate understanding of antitrust and competition principles combined with a sound antitrust compliance plan is essential to reducing or eliminating the risk of potentially crippling litigation.  The practice includes presentations tailored to the audience (e.g., business managers or in-house counsel), to the particular industry, and to the particular business needs of each individual client.  HRO’s counseling practice covers all facets of federal and state antitrust and competition law, including issues relating to pricing, marketing and advertising, intellectual property, licensing, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions.  Members of HRO’s Antitrust and Competition Group have counseled both domestic companies (including for example Visa U.S.A.; Affymetrix; BusinessWire; and) and foreign companies seeking advice on U.S. law (including a major Japanese electronics company and a major Canadian publishing company).

HRO’s antitrust and competition practice group is co-chaired by Jesse Markham in San Francisco and Bobbee Musgrave in Denver.  Mr. Markham has more than 25 years experience counseling clients and litigating antitrust and competition disputes.  He served as the Deputy Attorney General (Antitrust) for both California and Massachusetts and has chaired the antitrust practice groups at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Morrison & Foerster.  He is a former Chair of the California State Bar Antitrust Law Section and has been identified as a top antitrust lawyer by such publications as Chambers USA, 2006 PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, Best Lawyers in America, and US Lawyer.  Mr. Markham has taught antitrust law courses as adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco Law School since 1992.  Representative recent clients have included include All Nippon Airways, Duraflame, USAA Insurance Company, Affymetrix, JPMorgan Chase, and Panasonic Wireless, and NTT Docomo. 

Ms. Musgrave has more than 25 years of experience trying antitrust cases in federal and state courts including Colorado, Massachusetts, and Arizona.  She has also successfully argued two antitrust cases before the 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals.  She is a former Chair of the Antitrust subsection of the Colorado Bar Association Business Law Section, and is a frequent speaker on antitrust issues.  She has also been recognized as a Super Lawyer in Colorado in the area of antitrust in 2006 and 2007.  Representative recent clients include CH2M Hill, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems and Qwest Communications.