Doug Fontaine

Senior Vice President

Oakland, CA phone 510.285.1212 fax 510.285.1245 dfontaine@compasslexecon.com Download PDF of CV Add vCard to Contacts

Practice Areas: Antitrust/Mergers, Class Certification, Damages, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Public Policy, Telecommunications

Doug Fontaine is a Senior Vice President Compass Lexecon, and Managing Director of the firm’s San Francisco Bay Area offices.  Prior to joining Competition Policy Associates (now Compass Lexecon) in 2004, Mr. Fontaine was a partner at AES Consulting.  He has nearly more than 20 years of experience providing economic and policy consulting services to clients engaged in antitrust and intellectual property litigation, regulatory proceedings, and claims for damages. As a partner at AES Consulting, Mr. Fontaine served as an expert witness and project manager in the firm's antitrust, intellectual property, and damages practice areas. He has managed the preparation of numerous economic reports and testimony, in matters relating to monopolization, coordinated conduct, mergers, tying, predatory conduct, vertical price and non-price restraints, class certification, damages modeling and assessment, and international trade.  Mr. Fontaine's consulting experience spans a broad range of industries, including airlines, durable equipment, DRAMs, recorded music, natural gas transmission and distribution, pharmaceuticals, computer peripherals, software, automobiles, and motion picture distribution and exhibition.  Prior to joining AES Consulting, Mr. Fontaine held consulting and management positions with The Tilden Group (since acquired by Charles River Associates) and the Law & Economics Consulting Group (LECG). During 1995-1996, he served as the Antitrust Practice Group Coordinator for LECG.