Kressin Powers

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Kressin Powers LLC
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HeadquartersWashington, DC
No. of attorneys15
Major practice areasantitrust
FounderBrandon Kressin, Richard Powers
Company type Limited liability partnership
Websitewww.kressinpowers.com

Kressin Powers LLC (formerly Kressin Meador Powers, Kressin Meador, and Kressin Law Group) is an American boutique law firm that focuses on antitrust litigation and strategic counseling. [1] The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC, and was founded by antitrust lawyer Brandon Kressin in 2021. Its current and former partners include senior US antitrust enforcement officials from both political parties, including President Trump-appointed FTC commissioner Mark Meador and former Department of Justice Antitrust prosecutor Richard Powers, who served as President Biden's acting assistant attorney general.

History and partnership

The firm was founded as Kressin Law Group in 2021 by partner Brandon Kressin, who had previously co-founded "antitrust advocacy boutique" Kanter Law Group with Jonathan Kanter in 2020. [2] Before founding Kressin Law Group, they had worked together in the antitrust practice groups of law firms Paul, Weiss and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. [3] [4] [5]

When Kanter was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the DOJ Antitrust Division's assistant attorney general in 2021, he and Kressin dissolved Kanter Law Group and Kressin founded Kressin Law Group. Kanter was confirmed by the Senate in November 2021, succeeding Richard Powers, who had served as the Antitrust Division's acting assistant attorney general throughout the first year of the Biden administration. [6] [7]

In July 2023, Mark Meador, former Senate deputy chief counsel for Republican Sen. Mike Lee, joined the firm, which rebranded as Kressin Meador LLC. [8] [9] Meador had also previously worked at both the FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division as well as at Paul, Weiss. [10] [11]

In April 2024, former DOJ Antitrust Division Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers joined the firm as a name partner after working as a partner at New York based law firm Fried Frank. [12] [13] Powers had previously served as a DOJ trial attorney and as the DOJ Antitrust Division's senior criminal prosecutor. [14] In 2025, Meador left the firm when he was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate to serve a seven-year term as a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. [15] [16] [17] Since that time the firm has operated under its current name.

In March 2025, high-ranking former DOJ Antitrust Division attorneys joined the firm as Meador departed, including former Senior Litigation Counsel Aaron Teitelbaum. [18] At DOJ, Teitelbaum had served as the lead trial counsel for the government's successful trial against Google for monopolizing the market for advertising technology. [19] [20] Perry Apelbaum also joined the firm in March 2025. Apelbaum previously served in senior DOJ roles in the Biden administration, including as senior counsel in the DOJ Antitrust Division and as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legislative Affairs, after 30 years in the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. [21] [22] [23]

References

  1. ↑ "Kressin Powers LLC". chambers.com. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Boom Times for Lawyers as Washington Pursues Big Tech (Published 2021)". 2021-06-29. Archived from the original on 2025-07-13. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  3. ↑ Kanter, Jonathan (December 2017). "Online Platforms and the Commoditization of News Content" (PDF). Competition Policy International.
  4. ↑ "BRANDON KRESSIN". Kressin Powers LLC. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  5. ↑ "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Antitrust Division | Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Richard A. Powers | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 2018-06-11. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  7. ↑ "US & Mexico Antitrust & Competition News". natlawreview.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26. ("On Feb. 8, 2021, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers was designated acting assistant attorney general of the DOJ's Antitrust Division, filling the position vacated by Makan Delrahim In January 2021. Powers has spent the bulk of his career at the Antitrust Division, joining through the Attorney General's Honors Program and accumulating a variety of experience in the financial services, health care, and other sectors over the years. Powers is a West Point graduate and holds a J.D. from the University of Alabama.")
  8. ↑ Mamone, Davide. "Mark Meador: the exit interview". globalcompetitionreview.com. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  9. ↑ Lippman, Daniel; Oprysko, Caitlin (2023-07-05). "The revolving door between Microsoft and the Biden administration". POLITICO. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  10. ↑ "Trump to Nominate Mark Meador as an FTC Commissioner (1)". Archived from the original on 2024-12-13. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  11. ↑ CPI (2023-07-07). "Antitrust Pro Joins Budding Competition Law Firm". PYMNTS.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  12. ↑ Langlois, Anna. "Powers moves to antitrust boutique". globalcompetitionreview.com. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  13. ↑ "Fried Frank Nabs Longtime DOJ Antitrust Division Deputy Powers (1)". Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  14. ↑ Concurrences (2024-11-12). "Richard Powers". Concurrences (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-26. ("or 4.5 years, Richard served as the Antitrust Division's Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement—the Department's senior criminal antitrust prosecutor—leading over 100 attorneys in investigating and prosecuting executives and companies for price fixing, bid rigging, and monopolization in federal courts across the country.")
  15. ↑ Halaschak, Zach (2025-04-10). "Senate confirms Mark Meador to FTC in shift toward populism". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  16. ↑ "FTC Chairman Ferguson Congratulates Mark Meador on Confirmation as FTC Commissioner". Federal Trade Commission. 2025-04-10. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  17. ↑ Creitz, Charles (2025-04-10). "Former Senate attorney confirmed to FTC as commissioners fired by Trump continue legal fight". FOXBusiness. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
  18. ↑ Langlois, Anna. "Boutique hires DOJ alumni to replace Meador". globalcompetitionreview.com. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  19. ↑ "U.S. Says Google Is an Ad Tech Monopolist, in Closing Arguments (Published 2024)". 2024-11-25. Archived from the original on 2025-12-14. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  20. ↑ Thomson, Ben (2025-04-18). "How Aaron Teitelbaum Led DOJ's Google Takedown How Aaron Teitelbaum Led DOJ's Google Takedown -" . Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  21. ↑ "Nadler Announces Transition of Top Judiciary Committee Staff | U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats". democrats-judiciary.house.gov. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  22. ↑ "Staffers enjoy prime view of hot-button issues". POLITICO. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  23. ↑ "Perry Apelbaum | University of Michigan Law School". michigan.law.umich.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
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