Robert A. Burka is a retired partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He was a member of the firm’s Government & Public Policy and Antitrust Practices. Robert has more than 20 years of experience in antitrust law and commercial litigation in courts and before administrative regulatory bodies. He counseled corporate clients on federal regulatory problems and antitrust compliance programs, and advised hedge fund clients on antitrust and trade regulation issues.

A former acting assistant director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Robert served on the FTC’s merger screening committee, which reviewed proposed mergers throughout the country for antitrust law enforcement purposes. He was lead complaint counsel at trial and on administrative appeal in Ethyl Corp., one of the few litigated price signaling and facilitating practices cases.

Robert served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Milton Pollack, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.