Professor Andy Gavil has been a member of the faculty of the Howard University School of Law since 1989 and has taught courses on antitrust law, civil procedure, complex litigation, federal courts, civil rights litigation, federal regulation, and consumer law. Prior to joining the faculty he practiced law with firms in Chicago and Denver. At the Law School, he received the 2004 Warren Rosmarin Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service and, in 2006, a Special Appreciation Award for his work as Faculty Advisor to the Howard Law Journal. He has also been recognized by the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association for his contributions to the work of the Section and currently serves as a Senior Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal.
Professor Gavil has written, lectured, and commented extensively in the U.S. and abroad on various aspects of antitrust law, jurisdiction, and procedure. Particular areas of interest include the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in formulating antitrust rules, antitrust litigation, exclusionary conduct by dominant firms, indirect purchaser rights, expert economic testimony and economic evidence, and comparative and international perspectives on competition policy. With William E. Kovacic and Jonathan B. Baker, he is the author of Antitrust Law in Perspective: Cases, Concepts, and Problems in Competition Policy (2d ed. 2008). He is also currently at work with co-author Professor Harry First on Microsoft and the Globalization of Competition Policy: A Study in Antitrust Institutions, which will be published by MIT Press.
Professor Gavil received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1978 from Queens College of the City University of New York, and his J.D. in 1981 from Northwestern University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.
Degree(s):
B.A., Queens College, 1978
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1981
