Benjamin M. Gerber is an associate in the Philadelphia office. Mr. Gerber concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, and has experience working on matters including antitrust, securities, and executive compensation.

While attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Gerber served as Senior Editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. He also won the Smith-Babcock-Williams National Writing Competition in State & Local Government Law and received an Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics.

Before joining Harkins Cunningham, Mr. Gerber worked as an associate practicing complex commercial litigation, securities enforcement, and antitrust in the Washington, D.C. office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Education

• Harvard Law School, 2006, J.D., cum laude
  (Senior Editor, Harvard Environmental Law Review)
• Pennsylvania State University, 2003, B.S. in Finance with Highest Distinction
  (Phi Beta Kappa; Schreyer Honors Scholar)

Clerkships

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  (The Honorable Jan E. DuBois)

Publications

• Enabling Interlock Benefits While Preventing Anticompetitive Harm: Toward an Optimal Definition of Competitors Under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, Yale Journal on Regulation (2007)
• “No-Law” Urban Height Restrictions: A Philadelphia Story, The Urban Lawyer (2006)
• City of Ranchos Palos Verdes California v. Abrams, Harvard Environmental Law Review (2006)

Bar and Court Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• Washington, D.C.