Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, AGENCY NEWS: President to Nominate Terrell McSweeny to Fill Vacancy at FTC, (Jun 21, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
By Jeffrey May, J.D.
The White House announced today that President Obama intends to nominate Terrell McSweeny, currently Senior Counsel for Competition Policy at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, to serve as an FTC commissioner. There are currently only four commissioners on the five-member commission. If confirmed, McSweeny will be the third Democrat.
McSweeny has served in the senior counsel position at the Antitrust Division, since 2012. Prior to that, she served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President at the White House from 2009 to 2012, according to the White House statement.
Before working in government, McSweeny was an associate in 2005 with O’Melveny & Myers. She received an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School.
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