Chief
Antitrust Section
Contact
Office: 614-466-4328
Beth.Finnerty@OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov
Beth has been with the Ohio Attorney General’s Antitrust Section for 30 years, and was appointed as Section Chief in early 2023. Prior to that, Beth was Assistant Section Chief for over 9 years. Beth was also Deputy Chief Counsel where her primary responsibilities focused on managing and evaluating contingency-fee outside counsel in complex litigation. In addition to her antitrust responsibilities, Beth served for many years as Chair of the Ohio Attorney General’s Professional Development Program and was a member of the Office’s eDiscovery Task Force. Throughout her career, Beth has worked on numerous multistate actions and remains active in the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). She has been the Co-Chair of the NAAG Multistate Antitrust Task Force Pharmaceutical Industry Working Group since 2002 and as the Vice Chair of Training and Education since 2001. In addition to working on multistate issues through NAAG, Beth has been the lead attorney for the State of Ohio for numerous generic drug investigations.
Notable cases
- Lead antitrust attorney for the State of Ohio on State of Ohio, ex. rel. Betty D. Montgomery v. Philip Morris, Inc.; United States v. Oracle; Colorado v. Warner Chilcott Holdings Company III, Ltd.
- Lead Assistant Attorney General on BWC v. MDL Capital Management
- Lead antitrust attorney for the State of Ohio and member of the multistate trial team and negotiation team on United States v. Microsoft Corp.
- Attorney for Ohio’s broker litigation in State of Ohio v. AIG Inc., et al, which resulted in a recovery of over $30 million.
Education and Bar Admissions
- The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D. 1991.
- Wittenberg University, B.A. cum laude, 1988. Major: Economics
- Admitted to practice in Ohio, Federal District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio
Recent Presentations/Publications
- Speaker, The Basics of Antitrust Law – A Few Small Tips to Help You Avoid Big Problems, Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, Spring 2016
- Moderator, Hospital Mergers 101, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, San Fransisco, Ca, Fall 2016
- Moderator, OMG - We’re Going to Trial! Bringing a Single State Antitrust Action, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, Little Rock, AK Fall 2015
- Moderator, E-Discovery- Useful Tool, Not Vexing Problem, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, Phoenix, AZ, Fall 2012
- Speaker, Single Federal Court v. Multiple State Courts, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, New Orleans, La, Fall 2011
- Moderator, Ask the Expert, Preparing for and Trying an Antitrust Case, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training , New Orleans, LA, Fall 2011
- Moderator, Negotiations Workshop, Charles Craver, professor, George Washington University School of Law, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, Columbus, Ohio, Fall 2010
- Speaker, Ethical Issues in Public Practice- a Dialogue, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, Columbus, Ohio, Fall 2010
- Speaker, Antitrust Federalism: Enhancing the Federal State Relationship, Issues in Federal/State Litigation; Settlement and Remedies, presentation to federal and state antitrust enforcers at Columbia Law School, New York, New York, October 7, 2009
- Speaker, Working with the Plaintiff’s Antitrust Bar and Managing Outside Counsel, presentation at, National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Litigation Training, Salt Lake, Utah September 24, 2008
- Speaker, Master the Antitrust Basics, Series Lesson X: State Antitrust Enforcement, presentation to the American Bar Association Section on Young Lawyers’ Division, the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law, the New York State Bar Association and state enforcers, teleseminar, June 20, 2007.
- Speaker, Cert. Denial in FTC v. Schering: The Legislative and Enforcement Aftermath, presentation to the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Health Care, Federal Civil Enforcement and Intellectual Property Committees and The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education, teleseminar, December 12, 2006.
- Speaker, Antitrust Issues in Medicaid Fraud Releases, Presentation to National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units (NAMFCU), Boston, Massachusetts ,September 12, 2005
- Litigation Roundtable Participant, Presidential Pharmaceutical Summit, January 26, 2005, Chicago, Illinois
- Speaker, State Enforcement Efforts in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Presentation to the American Bar Association, January 14, 2003
- Speaker, Current Antitrust, Medicaid Fraud and Consumer Protection Litigation Involving Pharmaceutical Pricing Issues, Pharmaceutical Pricing Task Force Staff Meeting, , Columbus, Ohio, August 22-23, 2002
- Speaker, Pharmaceutical Issues Facing the Attorneys General in the New Millennium, Presentation to the National Association of Attorneys General, Summer Meeting, Farmington, Pennsylvania , June 21, 2002
Additional Professional Activities and Awards
- Simon B. Karas Award, 2013
- Ohio Attorney Generals’ Office, Teamwork Award, 2015
- Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Teamwork Award, 2011
- Attorney Jim Petro Innovation and Excellence Award, 2004
- Ohio Attorney General’s Professionalism Award, 2002
- Co-Chair, National Association of Attorneys General Multistate Antitrust Task Force Pharmaceutical Industry Working Group, 2002-present
- Coordinator, National Association of Attorneys General Pharmaceutical Pricing Task Force
- Vice Chair of Training & Education, National Association of Attorneys General Multistate Antitrust Task Force, 2001-present
- Ohio Attorney General’s Professional Development Program; Chair, 2005-2015;
- Ohio Attorney General’s eDiscovery Task Force, 2009-2011
- Ohio Attorney General’s Special Litigation Group; Chair, 2007-2008
- Ohio Attorney General’s Class Action Advisory Committee
- Volunteer, Ohio Attorney General’s Pro Bono Program
- Member, Ohio Health Care Board Subcommittee on Antitrust of Property, Plant & Equipment Committee