Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, AGENCY NEWS: Terrell McSweeny begins term as FTC Commissioner, (Apr 28, 2014)

By John W. Arden, J.D. LL.M.

Terrell McSweeny started her official duties as an FTC Commissioner today, the agency announced. Nominated on June 21, 2013 and confirmed by the Senate on April 9, 2014, McSweeny will serve a term that runs through September 25, 2017. She is the third Democrat of the five-member Commission.

"We are very pleased that Terrell McSweeny is joining the Commission," Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said. "Her considerable experience in the law and public policy will be an asset to the agency as it continues to pursue its missions of protecting consumers and promoting competition."

McSweeny has served as Senior Counsel for Competition Policy at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division since 2012. Prior to that, she was Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden at the White House from 2009 through 2012. In that position, she advised President Obama and Vice President Biden on policy in a variety of areas, including health care, innovation, intellectual property, energy, education, women’s rights, criminal justice, and domestic violence.

Before working in government, McSweeny was an associate with O’Melveny & Meyers. She is a graduate of Harvard University (A.B.) and Georgetown University Law School (J.D.).

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