Jennifer M. Dixton

Adjunct Professor

Jennifer Dixton is a lecturer in law and teaches Antitrust Law and Antitrust and Intellectual Property. She holds teaching appointments at University of California Los Angeles, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and has taught at Loyola Marymount Law School. Ms. Dixton is a frequent speaker on antitrust and intellectual property, technology, and standards development. Ms. Dixton served as an antitrust enforcer for over 20 years at the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. She is a former Assistant Chief in the Competition Policy & Advocacy Section and Special Counsel for Policy & Intellectual Property. During her long career in government service, Ms. Dixton worked on a variety of civil and criminal antitrust investigations and policy and appellate matters. Her work has focused on the intersection of antitrust law and intellectual property rights, standards development, artificial intelligence and other technology, as well as antitrust compliance. In addition, Ms. Dixton served as a government representative in the American National Standards Institute. During her time in government service, Ms. Dixton was awarded the Assistant Attorney General’s Honorary Award for her work on the COVID-19 Antitrust Advising Team (2021), and the Assistant Attorney General’s Award of Distinction (2012) and the Internal Revenue Service Excellence Award (2014) for her work on the Antitrust Division’s municipal bond investigation. 

In addition, Ms. Dixton has held numerous leadership positions in the American Bar Association Antitrust Section, contributed to publications including the ABA’s Antitrust Compliance handbook, Perspectives and Resources For Corporate Counselors, and has co-published articles in the Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronical, among other publications.

Ms. Dixton received her LL.M. from the George Washington University Law School in 2004 (intellectual property), her J.D. (magna cum laude) from the Catholic University Columbus School of Law in 2000, and her B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1997 (cum laude).

Education

LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, January 2004
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC

Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, May 2000; Certificate, Law and Public Policy, May 2000
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, DC

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Cum Laude, September 1997
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Specialty Area

Antitrust and Intellectual Property

Professional Employment

U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Professional/Community Affiliations

Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies (2025-27)

Publications/Research Listings

Refusals to License and Deal in IP in the Digital Economy, CPI ANTITRUST CHRONICLE (Nov. 2025)

Antitrust Compliance and the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, CPI ANTITRUST CHRONICLE (Nov. 2021) (Joint Article)


The Updated 2017 DOJ-FTC Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property: Modernizing Sound Economic Principles for Antitrust Analysis (American Bar Association International Section, May 2018) (Joint Article)