Schuster, John W.

Jeffrey Schomig is an Attorney in the firm's Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, and a member of the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. He joined the firm in 1999. Mr. Schomig also serves on the Privilege Standing Committee, the primary advisory body to the firm's lawyers on attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine issues.

Practice

Mr. Schomig's practice includes representing clients in government regulatory and criminal investigations and in civil litigation. His practice also focuses on advising clients and other attorneys concerning attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine issues in a range of contexts, including the formation of joint defense relationships and non-waiver agreements.

Prior to joining WilmerHale, Mr. Schomig practiced insurance, aviation and commercial civil litigation in Maryland, where he represented corporate and individual clients at deposition, during negotiation, at motion hearings and at trial.

Professional Activities

Mr. Schomig has instructed at CLE courses on the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine, and serves on the editorial board of the ABA's Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee website. He has published articles on Maryland's retail gasoline below-cost pricing statute: "Laws Protection Will Hurt Consumers," The Capital, September 2, 2001, at A11; and on privilege issues: "To Produce or Not Produce? Common Pitfalls and Important Considerations When Withholding Responsive Documents from Second Request Production," Antitrust Report, May 2001, at 20.

Mr. Schomig is a member of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section (Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee) and Antitrust Section (Antitrust Litigation, Civil Practice & Procedure, State Antitrust Enforcement, Sherman Act Section 1 and Clayton Act Committees), and is a contributor to Antitrust Law Developments (5th ed. 2002).