• White collar criminal defense
• Antitrust litigation and counseling
• Internal investigations and corporate compliance
• Complex commercial litigation
• Class action litigation

Mr. Mock has tried cases to verdict involving criminal fraud, conspiracy, environmental crimes, price fixing, breach of contract, Robinson-Patman Act price discrimination, trade dress infringement and other complex matters.

His trial experience includes winning a $13 million jury verdict on behalf of Newell Rubbermaid's BernzOmatic division. BernzOmatic sued its key supplier for wrongfully terminating a supply contract, copying BernzOmatic's trade dress, and publishing false advertisements about BernzOmatic's products. After a two-week trial, in which Mr. Mock presented the closing argument, the jury awarded BernzOmatic more than $13 million in damages. The trial court also awarded BernzOmatic nearly $1 million in attorneys fees, based on the jury's finding that the supplier acted willfully and in bad faith.

His criminal defense experience includes representing former Hollinger International general counsel Mark S. Kipnis, a co-defendant in the highly-publicized United States v. Conrad Black case. After a four-month trial, the Schiff Hardin team won an acquittal on nine of eleven counts. Mr. Kipnis appealed, and on June 24, 2010, the United States Supreme Court vacated Mr. Kipnis' conviction on the two remaining counts, reestablishing his innocence.

In the antitrust area, Mr. Mock has helped clients pursue and defend price-fixing, monopolization, and Robinson-Patman price discrimination claims, and has conducted internal investigations into suspected price-fixing and other anti-competitive conduct. He has counseled clients on Robinson-Patman issues, the intersection of antitrust and the labor laws, and on a variety of state law trade practice statutes.

Experience

In addition to the above, Mr. Mock's experience includes:

• Winning summary judgment dismissal, in a ruling from the bench during oral argument, of a $22 million fraudulent inducement claim (Irwin Indus. Tool Co. v. Worthington Cylinders Wisconsin, LLC,  2010 WL 565251 (W.D.N.C. 2010))
• The successful trial defense of a Chicago-area retailer in a $400 million antitrust class action alleging price fixing in the sale of milk (victory affirmed on appeal, Baker v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc., 355 Ill. App. 3d 62, 823 N.E. 2d 93 (2005)). This was the largest case ever brought under the Illinois Antitrust Act.
• Winning summary judgment dismissal of a putative statewide class action against a major insurer challenging the inclusion of Medicare as a payee on settlement checks
• Winning a $4 million arbitration award for a private equity fund in a post-closing dispute over one of its portfolio companies
• Defense of a $12 million fraud claim to settlement for nuisance value
• Obtaining a defense victory on summary judgment for a national manufacturer on a $76 million breach of contract claim
  

Speeches and Presentations

"Dual Distribution: Antitrust Implications," (Co-Presenter) National Association of Wholesalers' Billion Dollar Company Legal Roundtable, Chicago, Ill. (November 13, 2008)

Pro Bono Activities

Mr. Mock was appointed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as pro bono counsel for a plaintiff in a reverse employment discrimination action. Mr. Mock and the Schiff Hardin team obtained a favorable resolution of the case.

He also headed up a successful pro bono criminal appeal to the Seventh Circuit resulting in the defendant's sentence being vacated and, at re-sentencing, commuted.

Mr. Mock participates in Chicago Volunteer Legal Services' staffing of the Howard Area Community Center Legal Clinic, which offers free legal services to low-income residents of Chicago.