We're proud of our decades of experience.
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1977
Lexecon Inc. was founded by Richard Posner, William Landes and Andrew Rosenfield. Dan Fischel and Dennis Carlton joined shortly after the formation of Lexecon.
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1980
Lexecon affiliated with Lexecon Ltd. in London.
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1997
Lexecon acquired by Nextera Enterprises.
1998-1999
Lexecon wins landmark Lexecon v Milberg Weiss decision before US Supreme Court, then trial before a jury.
1999
Joe Kalt and The Economic Resource Group, Inc. joined Lexecon, opening the Harvard Square office.
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2000
Jerry Hausman and Cambridge Economics joined Lexecon.
2003
Lexecon acquired by FTI Consulting Inc.
2003
Compass founded by Meg Guerin-Calvert, Janusz Ordover, Jon Orszag, Peter Orszag and Bobby Willig.
2004
Compass acquired AES Consulting, LLC, providing Compass a San Francisco Office.
2006
Compass acquired by FTI Consulting, Inc.
2006
Experts Dan Rubinfeld and Rich Gilbert joined Compass.
2007
Compass opened the Los Angeles office. Michael Katz joined Compass, which opened the Oakland office.
2008
Compass and Lexecon combined to form Compass Lexecon, LLC
2009
Compass Lexecon opened a New York office. Ben Klein joined Compass Lexecon, opening a Century City office.
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2010
Rob Engle, a Nobel Prize winner in Economics, joined Compass Lexecon. Janusz Ordover named "Economist of the Year" by the Global Competition Review (GCR).
2011
Compass Lexecon expanded intel by acquiring key economic practices from LECG including Jorge Padilla and the European competition practice, and Darin Lee and Dan Kasper and their airline practice. Compass Lexecon acquired offices in Madrid, Paris, Brussels, London and Buenos Aires.
2012
Jorge Padilla named "Economist of the Year" by the Global Competition Review (GCR).
2013
Compass Lexecon expands by acquiring the Princeton Economics Group. Compass Lexecon opened the Dusseldorf office, its' fifth office in Europe.
2014
Dennis Carlton named "Economist of the Year" by the Global Competition Review (GCR).
2015
Compass Lexecon named "Competition Economics Firm of the Year" by Who’s Who Legal (WWL), which would continue for the next 9 years. Janusz Ordover named "Competition Economist of the Year" by Who’s Who Legal (WWL).
2016
Compass Lexecon opened a Hong Kong office. Janusz Ordover named "Competition Economist of the Year" again by Who’s Who Legal (WWL). Neil Dryden named "Economist of the Year" by Global Competition Review (GCR).
2017
Professor Janusz Ordover named "Competition Economist" of the Year by Who's Who Legal (WWL) for the third straight year. Compass Lexecon opens an office in Berlin.
2018
Compass Lexecon expands by opening a Helsinki office, bolstering services in the Nordic region.
2019
Compass Lexecon expands its international arbitration practice by opening a Miami office.
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2020
Compass Lexecon entered into a joint marketing agreement to open a new competition and international arbitration office in Santiago, Chile.
2020
Compass Lexecon opened offices in Beijing and Singapore to serve clients in the Asia Pacific region.
2020
Compass Lexecon opened two more European offices in Copenhagen and Milan.
2020
Compass Lexecon ranked as a Band 1 firm in the Chambers & Partners litigation support – economic analysts global category, which would continue until present day.
2021
Compass Lexecon named "Competition Economics Firm of the Year" 2021 by Who's Who Legal for the seventh year.
2022
For the third year, Compass Lexecon was ranked by Chambers & Partners as a leading "Band 1" firm globally in Litigation Support – Economic Analysts. Compass Lexecon ranks first in GAR 100 Expert Witness Firms’ Power Index for the 5th year in a row.
2023
Mark Israel is named "Economist of the Year" by Global Competition Review and is named President of Compass Lexecon.
2023
Compass Lexecon Named Competition Economics Firm of the Year 2023 by WWL for the 9th Year.
2024
Lorenzo Coppi, Neil Dryden, and Kirsten Edwards-Warren appointed as Co-Heads of Compass Lexecon's EMEA practice.
2024
Compass Lexecon ranked as Elite Competition Economics Consultancy in the 2024 GCR 100
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