Trenton Hafley

• Defending a leading wireless telecommunications company in a series of mass arbitrations following a recent merger.
• Advising for profit and non-profit entities in collegiate athletics on name. image, and likeness rules and laws including advising on entity formation and mergers.
• Advising a home health care service provider in antitrust issues related to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filings, compliance, and in response to a government investigation and second request.
• Providing antitrust counsel to a medical technology company in the acquisition of another medical device company.
• Representing a publicly traded advertising company in competition-related government investigations and litigation.

Trenton Hafley is an associate with Alston & Bird’s Litigation & Trial Group. He focuses on providing a wide array of clients antitrust services including merger clearance, litigation, and counseling.

Before joining the firm, Trenton was a judicial intern for the Hon. Kathleen O’Malley for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He received his J.D. from George Mason University where he served as the associate articles editor for the George Mason Law Review. During law school, Trenton worked as a research assistant to former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Timothy J. Muris on a variety of antitrust issues. He also worked as a law clerk for the Office of Policy Planning at the FTC.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• George Mason University (J.D., 2021)
• University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2017)