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Seth Bloom is the President and Founder of Bloom Strategic Counsel, PLLC. Mr. Bloom, the former long
time General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, is an attorney with extensive governmental
and private sector experience in antitrust and competition law. He possesses substantial experience with
the critical regulatory and competition issues facing key industries including telecommunications, media,
Internet, and high tech; transportation and aviation; and health care.
Bloom Strategic Counsel’s client list has consisted of leading companies in the high tech,telecommunications, media, health care, and investment industries, including Aetna, Comcast, Microsoft,
MillerCoors, Sprint, Masimo, the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), and Yelp. Since
starting his firm in 2013, Mr. Bloom has represented Aetna in connection with its merger with Humana;
represented Comcast in connection with its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable; represented Microsoft
on competition, patent reform, and immigration reform issues; represented MillerCoors in connection with the
merger between AB InBev and SABMiller; represented Sprint on competition and telecom regulatory issues;
represented Masimo in its efforts to bring greater competition to hospital purchasing of medical devices; and
represented A2IM on music licensing reform, among other matters. In July 2013, Mr. Bloom was named to
the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute.
Prior to founding Bloom Strategic Counsel in March 2013, Mr. Bloom spent nearly 14 years in the U.S.
Senate on the Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee. He began as a counsel on the AntitrustSubcommittee staff of Sen. Kohl in 1999, who served as Chairman and Ranking Member of the
Subcommittee during Mr. Bloom’s tenure. From 2008 to January 2013, Mr. Bloom served as General Counselof the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. In August 2012, Mr. Bloom was named to the “Hill Hot List” byNational Law Journal/Legal Times as one of the top 15 lawyers working in Congress.
Mr. Bloom was responsible for numerous critical antitrust and competition issues that came before the
Antitrust Subcommittee during his tenure, from the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000 to the Comcast/NBC
Universal merger in 2010 and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger in 2011. Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman
Kohl’s opposition to the proposed AT&T/TMobile merger was a key factor leading to the merger beingblocked by the Justice Department and the FCC. Mr. Bloom was also the senior staffer on several landmark
Antitrust Subcommittee investigations, including its 2011 investigation of allegations that Google was
engaged in antitrust competitive conduct with respect to Internet search and its 2002-2004 of allegations of
anticompetitive conduct in hospital purchasing of medical supplies. During his time on the antitrust
subcommittee, Mr. Bloom investigated competitive conditions in numerous key industries, including telecom,
high tech, media, aviation, health care, energy, and agriculture.
Mr. Bloom also was the staffer responsible for a number of significant legislative efforts sponsored by Senator
Kohl, including the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, the Preserve Affordable Access to Generic Drugs
Act, the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, and the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act
(NOPEC). Each of these legislative efforts passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in several different
Congresses.
Mr. Bloom has also been frequently been called on to serve as an expert speaker on critical issues of
antitrust, competition, telecom, high tech, and health care policy to numerous trade, industry and legal
groups, including the American Bar Association Antitrust Section, the American Antitrust Institute, the
National Cable and Telecommunications Association, the Georgetown University Law Center, and the
conference of Western Attorneys General, among other organizations. He has also been quoted frequently
in the press regarding critical antitrust and competition policy issues, including in the Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, Reuters, and National Public Radio.
Prior to beginning his service at the Senate in 1999, Mr. Bloom spent three years as a trial attorney at the
Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. During his time at the Justice Department, he investigated numerouscorporate mergers, and participated in litigation directed at the enforcement of the antitrust laws. Prior to that,
Mr. Bloom spent eleven years as an attorney with Washington, DC law firms, practicing in the area of
complex commercial litigation. He holds a J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a
B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Rochester.
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Bloom Strategic CounselExperience matters
Our People
Seth Bloom is the President and Founder of Bloom Strategic Counsel, PLLC. Mr. Bloom, the former long
time General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, is an attorney with extensive governmental
and private sector experience in antitrust and competition law. He possesses substantial experience with
the critical regulatory and competition issues facing key industries including telecommunications, media,
Internet, and high tech; transportation and aviation; and health care.
Bloom Strategic Counsel’s client list has consisted of leading companies in the high tech,telecommunications, media, health care, and investment industries, including Aetna, Comcast, Microsoft,
MillerCoors, Sprint, Masimo, the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), and Yelp. Since
starting his firm in 2013, Mr. Bloom has represented Aetna in connection with its merger with Humana;
represented Comcast in connection with its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable; represented Microsoft
on competition, patent reform, and immigration reform issues; represented MillerCoors in connection with the
merger between AB InBev and SABMiller; represented Sprint on competition and telecom regulatory issues;
represented Masimo in its efforts to bring greater competition to hospital purchasing of medical devices; and
represented A2IM on music licensing reform, among other matters. In July 2013, Mr. Bloom was named to
the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute.
Prior to founding Bloom Strategic Counsel in March 2013, Mr. Bloom spent nearly 14 years in the U.S.
Senate on the Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee. He began as a counsel on the AntitrustSubcommittee staff of Sen. Kohl in 1999, who served as Chairman and Ranking Member of the
Subcommittee during Mr. Bloom’s tenure. From 2008 to January 2013, Mr. Bloom served as General Counselof the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. In August 2012, Mr. Bloom was named to the “Hill Hot List” byNational Law Journal/Legal Times as one of the top 15 lawyers working in Congress.
Mr. Bloom was responsible for numerous critical antitrust and competition issues that came before the
Antitrust Subcommittee during his tenure, from the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000 to the Comcast/NBC
Universal merger in 2010 and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger in 2011. Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman
Kohl’s opposition to the proposed AT&T/TMobile merger was a key factor leading to the merger beingblocked by the Justice Department and the FCC. Mr. Bloom was also the senior staffer on several landmark
Antitrust Subcommittee investigations, including its 2011 investigation of allegations that Google was
engaged in antitrust competitive conduct with respect to Internet search and its 2002-2004 of allegations of
anticompetitive conduct in hospital purchasing of medical supplies. During his time on the antitrust
subcommittee, Mr. Bloom investigated competitive conditions in numerous key industries, including telecom,
high tech, media, aviation, health care, energy, and agriculture.
Mr. Bloom also was the staffer responsible for a number of significant legislative efforts sponsored by Senator
Kohl, including the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, the Preserve Affordable Access to Generic Drugs
Act, the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, and the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act
(NOPEC). Each of these legislative efforts passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in several different
Congresses.
Mr. Bloom has also been frequently been called on to serve as an expert speaker on critical issues of
antitrust, competition, telecom, high tech, and health care policy to numerous trade, industry and legal
groups, including the American Bar Association Antitrust Section, the American Antitrust Institute, the
National Cable and Telecommunications Association, the Georgetown University Law Center, and the
conference of Western Attorneys General, among other organizations. He has also been quoted frequently
in the press regarding critical antitrust and competition policy issues, including in the Wall Street Journal,
Washington Post, Reuters, and National Public Radio.
Prior to beginning his service at the Senate in 1999, Mr. Bloom spent three years as a trial attorney at the
Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. During his time at the Justice Department, he investigated numerouscorporate mergers, and participated in litigation directed at the enforcement of the antitrust laws. Prior to that,
Mr. Bloom spent eleven years as an attorney with Washington, DC law firms, practicing in the area of
complex commercial litigation. He holds a J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a
B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Rochester.
1220 L Street., NW • Suite 600 • Washington, D.C. 20005 • (202) 3497982 • [email protected]
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