David C. Kully

David C. Kully is an antitrust partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Holland & Knight LLP, where his practice focuses on antitrust litigation, civil and criminal antitrust investigations by the antitrust enforcement agencies, and counseling clients on the requirements of the antitrust laws. He joined Holland& Knight in 2016 after an 18-year career with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led a 25-lawyer office responsible for investigating potential antitrust violations and litigating antitrust enforcement actions in the credit cards, real estate, sports, media (newspapers, television, radio and book publishing) and entertainment (music, movies, live entertainment) industries. His work with the government and in private practice has included matters in which the antitrust agencies have inter-ceded to block the sale of assets through bankruptcy proceedings. Before joining the DOJ, Mr. Kully was in private practice at the Washington, D.C., office of a large international law firm and was recruited to participate as counsel in a special investigation conducted by the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee into campaign finance irregularities that arose during the 1996 federal election cycle. He received his B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College and his J.D. magna cum laude from Cornell LawSchool, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif and served as editor of the Cornell Law Review.