Donald I. Baker will receive the American Antitrust Institute’s Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement at the American Antitrust Institute’s Annual Conference on June 18.

Baker, a former head the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, established an independent Washington firm — Baker & Miller — specializing in antitrust, competition policy and international law issues.

His firm works closely with corporate law departments and law firms in handling litigations, appeals, arbitrations, transactions and government civil and criminal investigations.

The Institute said that Baker was selected to receive the award “because he continues to play a leading role in the antitrust community as a public-spirited and creative antitrust enforcer, practitioner, law professor, and commentator.”

“His rich and varied career in antitrust is a remarkable illustration of a commitment and dedication to the competition enterprise,” the Institute said. “He is an inspiration for current and prospective practitioners, enforcers, and policymakers.”

Baker is the 17th recipient of the Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement and joins past honorees: Joel Klein, Robert Pitofsky, F.M. Scherer, Alfred E. Kahn, Lloyd Constantine, Thomas B. Leary, Senators Herb Kohl and Mike DeWine, Maxwell Blecher, John Shenefield, Eleanor M. Fox, Steven Salop, Mario Monti, Roger G. Noll, Kathleen Foote and John M. Connor.