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Personlig profil

CV

 

LinkedIn Profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christykollmar/

ORCID ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7780-913X

 

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Antitrust Law and Economics - University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2017 → 2021)
  • LL.M. - Master of Laws in Law and Finance - Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia (2014 → 2016)
  • MGM - Master of Global Management in International Strategy - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, USA (2013 → 2014)
  • MBA - Master of Business Administration - College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA (2011 → 2014)
  • JD - Juris Doctorate in Law - Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA (2003 → 2006)
  • BA - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology - University of Montana, Montana, USA (2001 → 2002)
  • AA and AS - Associate of Arts and Associate of Sciences - College of DuPage, Illinois, USA (1998 → 2001)

 

Scholarships, Honors and Awards

  • Awarded placement in the LERU Exchange Programme (University of Zurich), Switzerland, 2019
  • Fully-funded Ph.D. Scholarship (University of Copenhagen), Denmark, 2017/2020
  • Graduated with Merit – Master of Laws Degree (Riga Graduate School of Law), Latvia, 2016
  • Excellence Award for Foreign Applicants Scholarship (Riga Graduate School of Law), Latvia, 2014/2016
  • Graduated with Distinction – Master of Global Management Degree (Thunderbird School of Global Management), Arizona, USA, 2014
  • Women in Leadership Scholarship (Thunderbird School of Global Management), Arizona, USA, 2013/2014
  • MBA State Scholarship (College of William & Mary), Virginia, USA, 2011/2014
  • Dean’s List Recipient – Two Semesters (Nova Southeastern University), Florida, USA, 2006
  • Pro Bono Honor Program Award – Silver Level Recipient (Nova Southeastern University), Florida, USA, 2006
  • Best Oral Advocate (1L) Award – Legal Research and Writing Program (Western New England College), Massachusetts, USA, 2004
  • College of Arts and Sciences Scholar and Dean's List Recipient – All Semesters (University of Montana), Montana, USA, 2002
  • Graduated with High Honors – Bachelor of Arts Degree (University of Montana), Montana, USA, 2002
  • American Association of Railroad Superintendents (AARS) Scholarship, USA, 2001
  • Graduated with High Honors – Associates of Arts and Associate of Sciences Degrees (College of DuPage), Illinois, USA, 2001
  • President's Academic Honors Award Recipient and Honors Program Participant - All Quarters (College of DuPage), Illinois, USA, 2001

 

Honor Societies and Bar Associations

  • Honor Societies and Fraternities: Beta Gamma Sigma; Golden Key; Phi Kappa Phi; Psi Chi; Psi Beta; Phi Theta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Chi Omega
  • US Bar Associations (current membership): Wyoming State Bar; State Bar of Montana; Washington State Bar Association (WSBA); Bar Association of the District of Columbia (DC Bar)
  • US Legal Organizations (past membership):  American Bar Association (ABA); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)

 

US Federal and State-Level Bar Licensing

  • State-level Bar Licensing:
    • District of Columbia
    • Wyoming
    • Montana
    • Washington
  • Federal-level Bar Licensing (Circuit Court):
    • 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
    • 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Federal-level Bar Licensing (District Court):
    • District Court for the District of Wyoming
    • District Court for the District of Montana
    • District Court for the District of Western Washington

 

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Principal/Director, Kollmar Law Office, PLLC., Montana, USA, 2010-present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021-present
  • Ph.D. Researcher, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017/2021
  • Internal Lecturer-Faculty, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia, 2016/2017
  • Erasmus Alumni Affiliate and Authorised Officer, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Ireland, 2016
  • Rotational Summer Associate, Smithfield Foods, Inc., Romania, 2012
  • Felony Deputy County Attorney and Coroner, Clallam County Attorney’s Office, Washington, USA, 2008/2009
  • Deputy County Attorney, Gallatin County Attorney’s Office, Montana, USA, 2008
  • Deputy County Attorney – Domestic Violence Division, Lake County Attorney’s Office, Montana, USA, 2006/2007
  • Adult Case Manager and Familial Abuse Counselor, Neopolitan Lighthouse Domestic Violence Shelter, Illinois, USA, 2002/2003
  • Domestic Assault Research Assistant – Social Psychology Department, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2002/2003
  • Dental Assistant and Certified X-Ray Technician, Dental Office of Todd Molis, DDS., Illinois, USA, 1998/1999
  • Pharmacy Technician, Walgreens, Illinois, USA, 1997/1998
  • Professional Editorial Print and Runway Model, Elite Model Management, Global Talent Board, 1996/2003

 

Visiting Academic Placement

  • Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2023
  • Visiting Researcher, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2019
  • Visiting Researcher, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2018
  • Visiting Reader, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2018
  • Visiting Reader, European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition (DGCOMP), Belgium, 2018
  • Visiting Investigator and Authorised Officer, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Ireland, 2017/2018

 

Select Humanitarian Placement and Legal/Business Internship Experience (Compensated and Uncompensated)

  • US Law Advisor and International Law Intern, bnt attorneys in CEE, Latvia, 2015/2016
  • Legal and Financial Consultant, Wedu Fund, Thailand, 2014
  • Business Development Consultant for Net Impact, Vogel Alcove, Texas, USA, 2013
  • Legal and Marketing Consultant, City of Casa Grande Airport, Arizona, USA, 2013
  • Planned Change Management and Legal Consultant, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Virginia, USA, 2012
  • Entertainment Law Clinical Intern, Directors Guild of America (DGA), California, USA, 2006
  • Immigration Law Clinical Intern and Domestic Violence Legal Advisor, Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc., Florida, USA, 2005
  • Family Law Intern and Marital Dissolution/Adoption Advocate, Shelowitz, Shelowitz, Terrell and Coffey, P.A., Florida, USA, 2005
  • Personal Injury Law Intern and Victim Advocate, Accident and Personal Injury Law Center, P.A., Florida, USA, 2004/2005
  • Personal Injury/Wrongful Death and Joint Venture Legal Intern and Victim Advocate, Chakmakis & Associates, California, USA, 2003
  • Insurance Defense Legal Intern, Bonetati, Sasaki, Kincaid and Kincaid, Inc., California, USA, 2003
  • Personal Injury Legal Intern and Victim Advocate, VanDerGinst Law, P.C., Illinois, USA, 2002/2003
  • Emergency Room Bedside Medical Advocate, Family Shelter Services and Central DuPage Hospital, Illinois, USA, 2002/2003
  • Student Counselor, Student Assault Recovery Services (SARS), Montana, USA, 2001/2002
  • Crime Victim Advocate for Justice and Municipal Courts, Crime Victim Advocate’s Office, Montana, USA, 2001/2002

Kort præsentation

Background

Christy L. Kollmar, Esq. has been a licensed practicing attorney in the United States since 2007 and is a member of the District of Columbia, Wyoming, Montana and Washington bars, including five federal court jurisdictions. From a practitioner perspective, she spent four years as a prosecuting attorney focused on drug and familial abuse crimes, and currently maintains her own US federal and state-level criminal defense practice (Kollmar Law Office, PLLC.) focused on felony criminal litigation.

After obtaining her Baccalaureate of Arts (BA) from University of Montana, a Juris Doctorate (JD) from Nova Southeastern University, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from College of William & Mary, and a Masters of Global Management (MGM) from Thunderbird School of Global Management, she relocated to Europe and attained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Riga Graduate School of Law and a Doctor of Philosophy in Law (Ph.D.) from University of Copenhagen focused in comparative antitrust law and economics. In September 2021 she was conferred her Ph.D. title after successfully defending her dissertation entitled Vertical Restraints in the Digital Age: Best Practices in the Assessment, Application and Enforcement of Resale Price Maintenance.

The aim of the dissertation was to directly examine the economic theoretical models, historical origins, political influences and current legal structures of both the US and EU antitrust/competition regimes to develop strategic proposals on how to modify the EU’s current legal structure to ensure the proper assessment, application and enforcement of resale price maintenance. To this end, the dissertation scrutinized the concepts of appreciability, by-object agreements and hardcore restraints, to implement strategic modifications to EU’s current regulatory framework to ensure vertical pricing restraints receive fair, reasonable and equitable treatment in line with current economic theory and to right the wrong the current legal regime inflicts on efficient RPM usages in the digital age. Here, the dissertation proposed five solutions to ultimately decrease Type I/Type II errors and to assist with the creation of a more efficacious, reliable, predictable and transparent RPM regime that actually enhances legal certainty through a more unified and aligned approach at the national level.

In November 2021, Christy joined the Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) at University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research will analyze the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst of change with a particular focus on competition/antitrust law perspectives and how the crisis provided stimulus for new antitrust approaches to promote enhanced collaboration, improved global pharmaceutical innovation and the attainment of greater legal, economic and humanitarian impact. Her research also aims to inquire how the lessons learned could be used for the future of biomedical innovation and pandemic preparedness, as well as, for other ‘grand challenges’, such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance.

 

Areas of Lecturing

  • EU Competition Law
  • Introduction to Legal Studies
  • Introduction to Law
  • Comparative Contracts
  • Basic Legal Research Methods
  • Advanced Legal Research Methods
  • Thesis Pre-Defence Seminar
  • EU Law

 

Areas of Thesis Supervision (past topics)

  • Defamation, Criminalization and the Freedom of Speech
  • The Relationship between Leniency Statements and the Disclosure of Evidence under EU Competition Law
  • Impact of Brexit on EU Citizenship Rights
  • Brexit:  Implications of Invoking Article 50
  • Possible Cannabis Decriminalization in Latvia
  • Prevention of the Crime of Human Trafficking
  • Legal Framework & Impact of the Crisis of Human Trafficking
  • Regulatory Concerns of Small Satellite Projects
  • Uber: A Case Study on the Sharing Economy
  • Capital Punishment in the US and China
  • Legal Instruments of Tax Avoidance
  • Labour Law: The Concept of Wrongful Dismissal
  • Fraudulent Conveyance: The Transfer of an Undertaking
  • Physician Assisted Suicide: A Comparative Look
  • Fundamental Rights under EU Asylum Law
  • Unconstitutionality of Anti-terrorism in the US
  • Corporate Governance on State-owned Enterprises
  • Regulation of the Criminally Acquired Property Process in Latvia

 

Areas of Research Interest and Keywords

  • EU Competition Law and Economics
  • US Antitrust Law and Economics
  • Vertical Pricing Behaviour and Economic Efficiencies
  • Vertical Restraints in the Digital Age
  • Resale Price Maintenance and alternative vertical arrangements
  • Cartels, Collusive Behavior and Leniency Programmes
  • Evidential Procurement and Defendants' Fundamental Rights
  • Competition Regulation, Investigation and Enforcement
  • Pharmaceutical/Biomedical Innovation and Sustainability
  • Biomedical Collaboration, Collective Challenges and Coopetition
  • Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation Tools and Frameworks for Experimentation

 

** Open to supervising Masters and Bachelor’s-level thesis projects in any of the above lecturing and/or research areas, including other comparative US/EU legal topics.

Uddannelse (Akademiske kvalifikationer)

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Antitrust Law and Economics - University of Copenhagen

20172021

LL.M. - Master of Laws in Law and Finance - Riga Graduate School of Law

20142016

MGM - Master of Global Management in International Strategy - Thunderbird School of Global Management

20132014

MBA - Master of Business Administration - College of William and Mary

20112014

JD - Juris Doctorate in Law - Nova Southeastern University

20032006

BA - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology - University of Montana

20012002

AA and AS - Associate of Arts and Associate of Sciences - College of DuPage

19982001

Eksterne ansættelser

Principal / Director, Kollmar Law Office, PLLC.

2010 → …

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