An acclaimed attorney, Robert M. Langer is currently a partner and the co-chair of the antitrust and consumer protection practice group at Wiggin and Dana LLP, with which he began in 1994.
WEST HARTFORD, CT, July 02, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Robert M. Langer with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Mr. Langer celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
An acclaimed attorney, Mr. Langer is currently a partner and the co-chair of the antitrust and consumer protection practice group at Wiggin and Dana LLP, with which he began in 1994. Leveraging more than 45 years of experience, he provides his clients quality counsel in cases regarding antitrust law, regulatory compliance, consumer protection, class action, commercial litigation, and cybersecurity, among others. In addition to his work with Wiggin and Dana, Mr. Langer currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law and previously served as an adjunct professor in the MBA Program of the University of Connecticut School of Business Administration. He has taught antitrust, constitutional and consumer protection law at these institutions since 1979. Mr. Langer has participated in numerous seminal antitrust, constitutional and consumer protection cases in the United States Supreme Court and the Connecticut Supreme Court, as well as other trial and appellate courts. He has been fortunate to have had considerable involvement during his career in some of the most important legal developments in the past half-century, including the multistate antitrust and consumer protection enforcement movement, the dramatic expansion and significance of state consumer protection laws, and the profound evolutionary change in federal antitrust jurisprudence.
Prior to his affiliation with Wiggin and Dana, Mr. Langer served as an assistant attorney general for the Connecticut Attorney General's Office between 1973 and 1994 and headed the antitrust and consumer protection department from 1980 to 1994. In a professional journey filled with highlights, he is especially proud to have co-authored a publication that saw him receive the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. The presentation for the award was held at the Library of Congress, which permitted Mr. Langer the opportunity to meet U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
In 1970, Mr. Langer earned a Bachelor of Arts from Franklin and Marshall College. He subsequently attended the University of Connecticut School of Law, graduating with a Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1973, after which he secured admission to practice law through the U.S. District Court of Connecticut, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Langer retains his professional affiliation with the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law and the Connecticut Bar Association, having served in key leadership capacities with both organizations. From 1990-92, he chaired the National Association of Attorneys General Multi-State Antitrust Task Force, coordinating the states' antitrust enforcement efforts with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and with the Federal Trade Commission.
Throughout his career, Mr. Langer has lectured on many hundreds of occasions on antitrust, constitutional law and consumer protection topics, and has authored or co-authored several dozen articles in professional journals. He is also the co-author of the leading treatise on the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and the Connecticut Antitrust Act. Due to his outstanding work in the field, he was honored with the Medal of Excellence from the University of Connecticut School of Law, awarded on only ten occasions in the past forty years, and the Marvin Award from the National Association of Attorneys General. Moreover, Mr. Langer was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, and has held the distinction of being featured in Who's Who in the East, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, and Who's Who in American Law. Adjacent to his career, Mr. Langer is married to Shelley Tishler Langer, with whom he is the proud parent of two adult children, and the grandparent of four wonderful grandchildren.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Robert Langer has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor
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