Lawyer Bio : Mark J. Horoschak

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Mark J. Horoschak

Charlotte

Experienced in healthcare antitrust matters, Mark Horoschak served as Assistant Director of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission in charge of healthcare enforcement from September 1989 to October 1995. 
 
Since joining Womble Carlyle in November 1995, Mr. Horoschak has established a broad-based practice, representing both national and regional companies in mergers, joint ventures, and distributional matters. Mr. Horoschak has appeared on behalf of clients before the federal antitrust enforcement agencies and in litigation before both federal and state courts.

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Professional Activities

Member of North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association, Chair, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section (2001-2002); American Bar Association, Vice Chair, Health Care Committee, Antitrust Section (1995-1996, 2000-2003); American Bar Association, Editor, Antitrust Law Developments Supplement (2003-2004); American Bar Association, Program Director, Health Care Committee, Antitrust Section (1997-1999).
 
Admitted to bar: 1977, Michigan; 1980, Virginia; 1996, North Carolina; 1996, South Carolina. Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Education

B.A., Political Science, 1973, American University, cum laude; J.D., 1976, College of William and Mary; Articles Editor, William and Mary Law Review, 1975 – 1976.

Prior Legal Experience

Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., 1984 - 1995; Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition, 1989-1995; Assistant General Counsel, 1988-1989; Attorney-Advisor for the Chairman, 1987-1988; Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, February 1980 - October 1984; General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI, 1976 - 1980.

Publications

US Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines, FINANCIER WORLDWIDE (January 2011) (Co-Author).
 
US Antitrust Policy Enters A New Phase, FINANCIER WORLDWIDE (November 2009) (Co-Author).
 
Economic Credentialing and Exclusionary Conduct Under the Sherman Act, 19 ABA ANTITRUST HEALTH CARE CHRON. 3 (October 2005).
 
You've Got [Investigative] Mail: Respond to a Government Inquiry, NC BAR ASSOCIATION ANTITRUST NEWS, vol. 13, no. 1 (Winter 2003) (Co-Author).
 
Antitrust and Rural Health Care Networks, 13 ABA ANTITRUST HEALTH CARE CHRON. 2 (1999).
 
Antitrust Guidance for Health Care Providers Enters a New Phase, ANTITRUST (Fall 1996) at 28.
 
New Market for Hospital Mergers, LEGAL TIMES, March 4, 1996, at S25.
 
Antitrust Developments in Evolving Health Care Markets, ABA Antitrust Section of Law (1996) (contributing author).
 
Antitrust Perspectives on Joint Ventures Among Health Care Providers, 6 ANTITRUST HEALTH CARE CHRON. 2 (1992).

Additional Information

Firm Management
Practice Group Leader – Health Care
 
Professional Honors 
  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers 
  • Best Lawyers in America 
  • Legal Elite of North Carolina 
  • GLG Leader, Legal and Regulatory Council of Advisors, Gerson Lehrman Group (consults on antitrust enforcement policy in pharmaceutical industry.)