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Biography

Mr. Shadowen is a 1980 summa cum laude graduate of St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, and a 1984 cum laude graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as the Criminal Procedure Project editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. After serving a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mr. Shadowen has devoted himself exclusively to a commercial litigation practice.

For the past 17 years, his practice has focused on antitrust litigation, principally on behalf of plaintiffs. He has served as lead counsel in numerous groundbreaking litigations involving the intersection between intellectual property law and antitrust law. Mr. Shadowen serves on the Board of Directors of an organization providing educational and vocational training in the city of Harrisburg. Together with one of his major clients, he also organizes summer internship programs to introduce city youth to a professional working environment.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1984
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
cum laude

St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, 1980
B.A.
summa cum laude

Clerkship

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Hon. Boyce F. Martin, Jr., Judge, Law Clerk, 1984 - 1985

Honors and Awards

Law Review: Editorial Board, Georgetown Law Journal, 1983 - 1984
Pennsylvania – Super Lawyer, 2004 - Present
Listed in Antitrust section of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006 - present
Advisory Board, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, 2006 - present
Selected as a Best Lawyer in America in Antitrust Law and Commercial Litigation, 2010

Publications

S. Shadowen & S. Tulante, Heirs of the American Experiment, in Legacy Preferences In College Admissions (The Century Foundation, R. Kahlenberg, ed.) (forthcoming April 2010)
S. Shadowen, K. Leffler & J. Lukens, Anticompetitive Product Changes in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 41 Rutgers L.J. ___ (forthcoming May 2010)
R. Kahlenberg & S. Shadowen, Obama: Stay Away from Notre Dame’s Commencement, The American Prospect online (May 12, 2009)
S. Shadowen, S. Tulante & S. Alpern, No Distinctions Except Those Which Merit Originates:  The Unlawfulness of Legacy Preferences In Public and Private Universities, 49 Santa Clara L. Rev. 51 (2008)
Trial Evidence (Editor-in-Chief), American Bar Association, 1991-1993
S. Shadowen, Removal of State Law Damage Claims Under the Complete Preemption Doctrine, 60 Transportation Practitioners Journal 403 (1993)
S. Shadowen, Note: Economic and Critical Analyses of the Law of Covenants Not to Compete, 72 Georgetown Law Journal 1425, 1984

Representative Cases

In re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation,
     332 F.3d 896 (6th Cir. 2003)
Abbott Laboratories, et al. v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al.,
     290 F.3d 854 (7th Cir. 2002)
In re Brand-Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation,
     186 F.3d 781 (7th Cir. 1999)
In re Gabapentin Patent Litig.,
      648 F. Supp.2d 641 (D.N.J. 2009)
In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litig.,
       602 F. Supp. 2d 538 (M.D. Pa. 2009)
Meijer, Inc. v. Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 572 F. Supp.2d 38 
    (D.D.C. Aug. 11, 2008)
In re Payment Card Interchange Fee & Merchant Discount Litig.,
     562 F. Supp. 2d 392 (E.D.N.Y. 2008)
Abbott Laboratories v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.,
     432 F. Supp.2d 408 (D. Del. 2006)
In re Relafen Antitrust Litig.,
     346 F. Supp.2d 349 (D. Mass. 2004)
In re K-Dur Antitrust Litig.,
     338 F. Supp.2d 517 (D.N.J. 2004)
In re Nifedipine Antitrust Litig.,
     335 F. Supp.2d 6 (D.D.C. 2004)
In re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litig., 
     261 F. Supp.2d 188 (E.D.N.Y. 2003)
Drug Emporium, Inc. v. Blue Cross of  Western New York, Inc., et al.,
     104 F. Supp.2d 184 (W.D. N.Y. 2000)
Newkirk v. Sheers,
     834 F. Supp. 772 (E.D. Pa. 1993)
Art Masters Assoc., Ltd. v. United Parcel Service,
     77 N.Y.2d 2000 (Ct. App. 1990)

Professional Associations and Memberships

Philadelphia Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member, 1992 - Present
American Bar Association, Vice Chair, Committee on Trial Evidence, Section of Litigation, 1991-1993

Community

Board of Directors, 2004-present  (President 2005 - present) Joshua Group

Representative Clients

Rite Aid Corporation
CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Pathmark Stores, Inc.
C.F. Martin & Co. 

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, November 5, 1984
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, August 23, 1985
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, February 14, 1986
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, February 14, 1986
Supreme Court of the United States, August 12, 1988
United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, September 19, 1988
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, July 1996
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, April 2002