AMY DANIELLE RITCHIE
Edgewater,MD
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Attorney, Bureau of Competition, Mergers IV Division
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, D.C.
09.2019 - 09.2025
- Investigate mergers and litigate merger challenges under federal antitrust laws across a variety of industries, including healthcare, consumer goods, technology, and retail.
- Led preliminary and full-phase merger investigations, managing large teams of lawyers, economists, financial analysts, and paralegals.
- Conducted direct and cross-examinations of fact and expert witnesses at trial, including direct examination of FTC's financial expert; managed testifying expert through report drafting, expert discovery, and preliminary injunction hearing.
- Conducted and defended investigational hearings and depositions of fact and expert witnesses.
- Drafted recommendation memoranda, complaints, pre-trial briefs, opposition to Daubert motions, findings of fact, and conclusions of law.
- Coordinated investigation and litigation strategy with state Attorneys General and other agencies.
- Briefed Commission and Bureau of Competition Front Office on staff recommendations.
- Representative Public Matters (
- Indicates an administrative complaint was filed):
- Post Holdings, Inc./TreeHouse Foods, Inc.;
- Tenet Healthcare/Methodist Le Bonheur;
- Lifespan/Care New England; Amazon/iRobot;
- Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm
Senior Associate
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Washington, D.C.
01.2011 - 08.2019
- Antitrust litigation and merger review practice before the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, and state and international regulatory agencies, with significant experience in matters in healthcare (hospitals, health systems, medical devices, pharmaceuticals), technology, consumer goods and retail.
- Supervised and contributed to large teams of contract and junior attorneys, paralegal staff, and third-party vendors to coordinate document review, discovery logistics and oversee Second Request and other compulsory responses.
- Liaised with economists to prepare economic analyses, including white papers and agency presentations.
- Drafted and presented legal white papers and advocacy to reviewing agencies, including for staff, the Front Office and Commissioners.
- Prepared approximately 20 witnesses for and defended depositions and investigational hearings (C-suite executives, management, and consultants).
- Drafted briefs, filings and correspondence in civil antitrust litigation against the FTC.
- Drafted Supreme Court amicus brief in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC.
- Maintained active pro bono docket, including immigration/asylum, landlord/tenant, domestic violence, and LGBTQ equality matters.
- Representative Matters: Fantasy sports transaction reviewed as matter of first impression and challenged by Federal Trade Commission and several state attorneys general; cross-state, multibillion dollar hospital merger-of-equals, reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission, NY State Attorney General and CT State Attorney General; $18 billion merger in pharmaceutical industry reviewed as matter of first impression by Federal Trade Commission and European Commission; various matters in the fiber network, health insurance, paper shredding/storage, cable television industries in front of the DOJ Antitrust Division.
Law Clerk
United States Attorney's Office- Criminal Division
Newport News, Virginia
06.2009 - 08.2009
- Contributed to trial preparations for capital murder prosecution, including discovery, orders of proof, witness preparation and case law research.
- Drafted and filed successful Fourth Circuit appellate brief.
Honors Paralegal Specialist
United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Washington, D.C.
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Managed and contributed to investigations of proposed mergers and alleged anticompetitive behavior.
- Organized document review in complex productions of over 3 million pages to assist attorneys in their recommendation to continue or close investigations.
- Served as primary point of contact for key constituents, including customers.
Timeline
Attorney, Bureau of Competition, Mergers IV Division
Federal Trade Commission
09.2019 - 09.2025
Senior Associate
Ropes & Gray, LLP
01.2011 - 08.2019
Law Clerk
United States Attorney's Office- Criminal Division
06.2009 - 08.2009
Honors Paralegal Specialist
United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
01.2006 - 01.2008