Mark Ross Meador (born March 16, 1985) is an American lawyer serving since April 2025 as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.[1]
Mark Meador | |
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| Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Lina Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 16, 1985 Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA) University of Houston (JD) |
Early life
editMeador was born on March 16, 1985, in Bloomington, Indiana.[2] He graduated from the University of Chicago in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and from the University of Houston Law Center in 2011 with a Juris Doctor degree.[3][4] Meador, a Republican, is a member of the Federalist Society.[3][5]
Career
editMeador focuses on antitrust law, having gained an interest from a class he took at Houston.[4] He worked for a time in the office of the Texas Attorney General and after he graduated from Houston, he worked from 2011 to 2016 as an attorney in the FTC's Bureau of Competition.[4][6] From 2016 to 2019, Meador was in private practice at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.[5][7]
Meador joined the United States Department of Justice in 2019 as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division, where he served two years.[5][8] He then joined the office of Utah U.S. Senator Mike Lee, where he held the position of Deputy Chief Counsel for Antitrust and Competition Policy.[5][9] He worked for Lee, the minority leader of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, until 2023.[9] During his time in Lee's office, Meador drafted a bill for Lee that would have required Google's ad tech business to break up.[5] After his tenure with Lee's office, he became a partner with Kressin Law Group, then renamed Kressin Meador LLC.[9]
On December 10, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced he was nominating Meador to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 2025.[10]
Bloomberg Law has described Meador as "a pro-enforcement, populist Republican, particularly when it comes to the technology industry."[5]
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ↑ "FTC Chairman Ferguson Congratulates Mark Meador on Confirmation as FTC Commissioner". Federal Trade Commission. April 10, 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Senate Commerce Committee Questionnaire – Mark Meador".
- 1 2 "Mark Meador". Federalist Society.
- 1 2 3 Brown, Marcia (November 6, 2023). "The Next Generation of Law Students Is Obsessed With Lina Khan". Politico.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sisco, Josh (December 10, 2024). "Trump to Nominate Mark Meador as an FTC Commissioner". Bloomberg Law.
- ↑ "Mark Meador". Kressin Meador.
- ↑ "Heritage Welcomes Antitrust Expert Mark Meador as Visiting Fellow". The Heritage Foundation. October 19, 2023. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Mark Meador". LegiStorm.
- 1 2 3 "Antitrust Pro Joins Budding Competition Law Firm". PYMNTS. July 7, 2023.
- ↑ Casper, Jericho (2025-04-11). "Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Mark Meador to FTC on Party-Line Vote". Broadband Breakfast. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation - Statement of Mark R. Meador, Nominee for Commissioner".
- ↑ Hughes, Madeleine (February 25, 2025). "US FTC nominee Meador highlights commitment to children's safety, fighting censorship". MLex.