William Estuardo Rosales, a third-year student at the University of Wisconsin Law School is the first place winner of the Antitrust Section’s Seventh Annual Student Writing Competition. His article is entitled “ Dethroning Economic Kings: The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 and Its Modern Awakening”.

William is currently the Senior Note and Comment Editor with the University of Wisconsin Law Review. He is working for a criminal defense firm in Madison, Wisconsin. After graduation he intends to pursue a career in litigation and trial advocacy.

In his Comment, he examines federal courts’ hesitation to apply the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to address the consolidation of the meatpacking industry. His interest in the food industry stems from his experience as a Congressional Hunger Fellow before starting law school.

As the top winner in the competition, Mr. Rosales will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. where he will receive his prize during the Section Luncheon (Wednesday, March 30th), which is held during its Annual Spring Meeting, March 30-April 2, 2005.

The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law sponsors the student writing competition annually. The competition is designed to encourage law student legal scholarship in the areas of antitrust law, competition policy, consumer protection and international competition law.

Editors-in-chief of law reviews and legal journals nominated student-written papers published in 2004 on a topic of interest to the antitrust bar.