Joseph Simons
Joseph Simons | |
|---|---|
 Simons in 2018 | |
| 55th Chair of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| In office May 1, 2018 – January 21, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Maureen Ohlhausen (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rebecca Slaughter (acting) |
| Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| In office May 1, 2018 – January 29, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Terrell McSweeny |
| Succeeded by | Lina Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Joseph Simons is an American attorney who served as the 55th chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2018 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Education
[edit | edit source]Simons received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and history from Cornell University in 1980 and his Juris Doctor cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1983.[1]
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
[edit | edit source]Simons was chief of the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau from 2001 to 2003. He was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Simons is also a co-developer of “Critical Loss Analysis,” a technique for market definition that has been incorporated into the Department of Justice and FTC Merger Guidelines, as well as applied in numerous court decisions.[1]
On October 19, 2017, the White House announced that President Donald Trump would nominate Simons to be chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.[2] He took office on May 1, 2018, and was scheduled to depart on January 29, 2021; he was replaced as chair on January 21.[3]
Notably, the FTC under Simons filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook in December 2020.[4]
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