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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? Steve Cernak steven.j.cernak@gm.com What? Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields: Antitrust Law When? Years in Practice Area: Since 1989 Years in the Legal Profession: Since 1989 Where? Employer: General Motors Corporation http://www.gm.com Size/Sector: Large/Private Automotive City/State: Detroit, MI 48265 Law School: University of Michigan, 1989 Other Post-Graduate Education: University of Michigan-Masters Applied Economics, 1989 Undergraduate School/Degree: University of Michigan-Economics, 1986 Why? Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area: Antitrust gives me the opportunity to apply my business and economics background to the legal arena. Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area: Antitrust law, basic litigation, basic economics. Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area: Subscribe to the Wall Street Journal and take as many Industrial Organization economics courses as you can. How? Career Path to Current Position: I spent the summer after my first year in law school at GM. After spending the second summer at The Travelers I returned to GM upon graduation. Influences and Mentors: Bill Slowey and Bob Weinbaum, GM Attorneys Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area: ABA Antitrust Magazine; The Antitrust Paradox by Robert Bork; Competition and Antitrust in High Technology (Revised Edition) by Stan J. Leibowitz and Stephen E. Margolis; Co-opetition by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff. Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s): Law school placement office. Bar Affiliations and Activities: Vice Chair, Corporate Counseling Committee, Antitrust Section, ABA Chair, Volunteer Lawyers Committee, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Ass'n. Recent Professional Presentations: Pricing and Antitrust Issues with Dealers on the Web-ABA Institute, 11/13/00, Dallas Antitrust Risks of Joint Trade Exchanges-11/11/00 Washington Antitrust Corporate Counseling at August 2003 ABA Annual Meeting Intriguing Interests: Pro bono efforts in Detroit; my two older sons' sports efforts, and keeping up with my two-year-old son.