Press is a trial attorney who has litigated a wide variety of antitrust and other complex business cases, including class actions, in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He has represented clients in numerous industries including pharmaceuticals, software, telecom, and retail. He achieves success for his clients in litigation by being ready, willing and able to take those cases to trial. Press has been named by Business North Carolina as one of its Legal Elite in both Antitrust and Litigation.
Press has represented both defendants and plaintiffs in antitrust cases tried to verdict in federal courts. For example, he represented two North Carolina insurance company plaintiffs in a monopolization and conspiracy action in which the jury found liability on all claims after a seven-week trial ultimately resulting in a multi-million settlement for plaintiffs. Lawyers Title of North Carolina, Inc., et al. v. Investors Title Co. (U.S.D.C., M.D.N.C.). In another trial, he obtained directed verdict in favor of a defendant-manufacturer on monopoly claims brought against it. Implus, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. (U.S.D.C., M.D.N.C.). Among the clients Press has represented in antitrust litigation are Reebok International Ltd., Microsoft Corporation, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, Midwest Express, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company, and Lithotripters, Inc.
