Edwin L. Fountain
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.202.879.7645
(F) +1.202.626.1700

Education

  • University of Virginia (J.D. 1990; Executive Editor, Journal of International Law); London School of Economics (M.Sc. with distinction 1987); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. with highest honors 1986; Phi Beta Kappa)

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia and District of Columbia

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Judge Robert G. Doumar, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (1990 term)

Edwin Fountain has tried cases in state and federal courts throughout the country, covering an array of corporate litigation matters such as criminal defense, civil fraud investigations, D&O liability, employment discrimination, securities fraud, and patents and trademarks. Edwin has a particular focus in antitrust litigation, including several multidistrict class actions, in industries including health care, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, power generation, travel, publication paper, and tobacco. He also leads the Firm's practice in the Eastern District of Virginia's "rocket docket" and Virginia courts.

Edwin currently represents JPMorgan Chase in a "Winstar" government contract case arising from the 1980s savings & loan crisis, in which he obtained a $356 million judgment that he successfully defended on appeal in the Federal Circuit. He is counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in several federal and state price-fixing actions, in which he obtained summary judgment in the lead federal case, and represented Marshfield Clinic in the groundbreaking antitrust case Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Wisconsin v. Marshfield Clinic. Most recently he represented the CEO of Mills Corporation in a securities litigation matter and defended the artist Shepard Fairey against copyright infringement claims involving the well-known "Obama Hope" poster.

Edwin is a member of Leadership Arlington and sits on the Arlington Commission for the Arts. He is a founding director of the World War I Memorial Foundation and serves on the boards of Bowen McCauley Dance Company and Longacre Lea Theatre Company. He is past president of the DC Preservation League, the leading historic preservation nonprofit in the nation's capital.


Edwin Fountain