NEW YORK — Milberg LLP, America’s premier law firm for class action and other complex litigation, has announced that Paul F. Novak will become of counsel to the firm and head its antitrust practice beginning in October.

Novak brings extensive private- and public-sector experience in antitrust, health care, public utility, municipal and complex commercial litigation to Milberg. Since 2006, he has been senior attorney in the Administrative Practice Group of Clark Hill PLC, a Michigan-based law firm. Previously, he practiced for 16 years in the public sector as an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan and as the city attorney of Lansing, Mich.

Novak has provided legal counsel on antitrust compliance and litigation issues as well as complex civil litigation issues. In the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, he was in charge of the State’s Special Litigation Division, which handled antitrust enforcement, securities fraud and public utility regulation work. He has been a national leader in multistate litigation involving pricing practices in the pharmaceuticals industry and has represented Michigan in cases involving the electricity, natural gas, telecommunications and computer software industries.

Novak is the chair of the State Bar of Michigan’s Antitrust, Franchising and Trade Regulation Section and is a contributing editor of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust and Health Care Newsletter. He was awarded the Frank J. Kelley Excellence in Trial Advocacy Award for his work in antitrust enforcement. He has also lectured on antitrust issues in the pharmaceuticals and insurance industries for the Practicing Law Institute.

He received a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1986, an M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University in 1983, and a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1983.

Milberg LLP has been representing individual and institutional investors for nearly 40 years and serves as lead counsel in federal and state courts. Visit the Milberg Web site (http://www.milberg.com) for more information.