
Gregory Asciolla focuses his practice on representing consumers and businesses in complex antitrust and commodities class actions. Currently, Mr. Asciolla is representing clients in several antitrust matters involving alleged price-fixing and other anticompetitive practices, including In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, In re Marine Hoses Antitrust Litigation, and In re Chocolate Confectionery Antitrust Litigation. He is also representing clients in several commodities matters involving the alleged manipulation of the prices of natural gas futures and options contracts, including In re Energy Transfer Partners Natural Gas Litigation and In re Amaranth Natural Gas Commodities Litigation.
Mr. Asciolla has extensive experience in the area of antitrust law. Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Mr. Asciolla practiced antitrust litigation and counseling on behalf of clients worldwide at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. He began his career as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice/Antitrust Division, where he focused on anticompetitive conduct in the healthcare industry.
Mr. Asciolla also has represented clients in the arts in several pro bono matters involving art law and intellectual property.
Mr. Asciolla received an A.B., cum laude, from Boston College in 1987 and a J.D. from Catholic University of America in 1993. As a law student, he served as a member of the Catholic University Law Review and was the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of the CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law & Policy.
Mr. Asciolla is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Commercial & Federal Litigation Section – Antitrust Committee.