Andy Aubertine’s 41 years of experience is drawn from both the plaintiff and the defense perspectives.  His focus is on serving as special counsel to state attorneys general in antitrust matters.  He has worked with plaintiffs’ counsel in national class action litigation and has served as lead counsel in complex litigation matters.  He also provides counsel to businesses on antitrust compliance.

Notable Cases and Related Employment: 

• Special Counsel to the Nevada Attorney General in the review of a hospital and practice group merger, State of Nevada v. Renown Health, 3:12-cv-00409 (D. Nev 2011).

• Co-lead trial counsel, Meijer, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 07-6118 CW (N.D. Cal 2007).

• Special Counsel to Nevada Attorney General (2007 to present).

• Counsel for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)  in Carolina Tobacco Company v. Watson et al. CV-03-423-KI (D. Or 2003).

• Oregon’s lead counsel and special assistant attorney general in In Re Buspirone Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1410 (SD NY 2001).

• Oregon DOJ lead antitrust attorney from 1989-2003, managing the department’s antitrust investigations and litigation and serving as Oregon’s lead counsel in multistate cases.

• Provided advice to Oregon Legislature and state agencies, and regularly appeared before state legislative committees on antitrust, competition and trade regulation issues.

• Drafted legislation amending provisions of the Oregon Antitrust Act and provided testimony in support of bills during  legislative sessions.

• Deputy District Attorney, Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office from 1984-1989.

Professional Leadership and Community Involvement

• Adjunct professor teaching antitrust at Lewis & Clark Law School

• Visiting Presenter at University of Iowa College of Law

• Past Chair, Oregon State Bar Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, two terms

• Founding Chair of the NAAG Western States Working Group

• Past Vice-Chair of the NAAG Training and Education Committee

• CLE Program Speaker

• Classroom Law Project, Mock Trial Judge

Education

• Lewis and Clark Law School, JD, Portland, Oregon (1983)

• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (1979)

Attorney Michael Lew focuses his practice on business transactions, business litigation, entity formations, wills and probate. Michael graduated cum laude from Lewis and Clark Law School in 2021, and has worked with Aubertine Law Group for eight years previously as a paralegal and law clerk. While working and going to law school, Michael also served as a representative with the Student Bar Association, an officer for the Data Law Privacy Group, and counseled clients with the Small Business Legal Clinic.

Education

• Lewis and Clark Law School, J.D., Portland, Oregon (2021) Cum Laude.

• James Madison University, B.S., Harrisonburg, Virginia (2000)