Anna E. Sallstrom

Antitrust

Anna represents clients in antitrust litigation, including investigations and enforcement actions by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state attorneys general, as well as private antitrust actions. She has led clients through merger reviews by federal regulators, including Second Request reviews, and was part of the trial team in Faegre Drinker's successful representation of Surmodics in an antitrust merger challenge brought by the FTC.

She also provides pragmatic advice to help clients manage antitrust risk. Anna counsels on issues related to pricing, distribution, and other topics, and has experience advising trade associations and franchisors, among other clients.

In her antitrust work, Anna draws on her prior experience as a trial attorney with the DOJ's Antitrust Division, where she litigated merger challenges, led merger reviews, and conducted antitrust investigations.

Trade Secrets

Anna helps businesses protect their valuable trade secrets. She proactively advises clients on their trade-secret protection policies, investigates potential trade-secret theft, and protects trade secrets through litigation. As a former computer programmer, Anna brings a deep interest in technology to her work as well as a valuable perspective for cases involving software or other technical trade secrets.

She has obtained favorable results for clients in both litigation and arbitration, including as part of the trial team that won a multimillion-dollar jury verdict in favor of a Fortune 100 company on claims of tortious interference with contracts protecting trade secrets and confidential information.

Service & Community

Anna is a member of the Federal Practice Committee for the District of Minnesota. She is also a former chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Antitrust Section Council and speaks regularly on antitrust developments.

Prior Experience

In addition to her experience as a trial attorney at the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, Anna is a former Federal Circuit law clerk. She graduated from Stanford Law School, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Stanford Technology Law Review.

Personal Interests

In her free time, Anna enjoys playing board games with her husband and creating craft projects with her two young children.