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Joseph Simons


56th 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
Political party	Republican
Education	Cornell University (BA) Georgetown University (JD)

Joseph Simons is an American attorney who formerly served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.

Education[edit]

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]

FTC career[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via National Archives.

^ McLaughlin and Talev, David and Margaret (October 19, 2017). "Trump to Nominate Simons to Lead FTC, White House Says". Bloomberg News. Retrieved October 19, 2017.

^ "Slaughter Named Acting FTC Chair Amid Biden Shakeup - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

^ Kendall, Brent; McKinnon, John D. (December 11, 2020). "Filing Facebook Lawsuit Is Career-Defining Act for FTC Chairman". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 25, 2020.

Chairs of the Federal Trade Commission

Member-selected
(1915–1950)

Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) • Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) • William J. Harris (1917–1918) • William Byron Colver (1918–1919) • John Franklin Fort (1919) • Victor Murdock (1919–1920) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) • Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) • Victor Murdock (1922–1923) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) • Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) • John F. Nugent (1925–1926) • Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) • William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) • Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) • Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1930) • Charles W. Hunt (1931) • William E. Humphrey (1932) • Charles H. March (1933) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1934) • Ewin L. Davis (1935) • Charles H. March (1936) • William Augustus Ayres (1937) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1938) • Robert E. Freer (1939) • Ewin L. Davis (1940) • Charles H. March (1941) • William Augustus Ayres (1942) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1943) • Robert E. Freer (1944) • Ewin L. Davis (1945) • William Augustus Ayres (1946) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1947) • Robert E. Freer (1948) • Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)

Presidential appointments
(1950–present)
Acting chairs italicized

James M. Mead (1950–1953) • Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) • John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) • Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) • Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) • Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) • Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) • Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) • Paul Rand Dixon (1976) • Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) • Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) • David A. Clanton (1981) • James C. Miller III (1981–1985) • Terry Calvani (1985–1986) • Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) • Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) • Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) • Timothy Muris (2001–2004) • Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) • William Kovacic (2008–2009) • Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) • Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) • Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) • Joseph Simons (2018–2021) • Rebecca Slaughter (2021) • Lina Khan (2021–present)

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