Mr. Kaplan concentrates his practice in litigation and representation before courts and administrative agencies, with particular emphasis on antitrust, economic regulation, energy, and competition and pricing issues in regulated industries.

Before joining K&L Gates in 1990, Mr. Kaplan was special litigation counsel for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice for more than nine years.  Before that, he was chief of the Energy Section of the Antitrust Division.  He joined the Department of Justice in 1975.  As special litigation counsel, Mr. Kaplan conducted significant and complex litigation, regulatory interventions and investigations for the Antitrust Division, and was the Department's principal counsel before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.