Joseph Simons
{{Short description|American attorney}}
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{{BLP sources|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Joseph Simons
|image = Joseph Simons official photo.jpg
|office = 56th Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
|president = Donald Trump
Joe Biden
|term_start = May 1, 2018
|term_end = January 21, 2021
|predecessor = Maureen Ohlhausen (acting)
|successor = Rebecca Slaughter (acting)
|office1 = Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
|president1 = Donald Trump
Joe Biden
|term_start1 = May 1, 2018
|term_end1 = January 29, 2021
|predecessor1 = Terrell McSweeny
|successor1 = Lina Khan
|birth_date =
|birth_place =
|death_date =
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|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
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.{{Cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key-administration-posts-25/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts |date=October 19, 2017 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=March 22, 2018}}
FTC career
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.
On October 19, 2017, the White House announced that President Donald Trump would nominate Simons to be chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin and Talev|first1=David and Margaret|title=Trump to Nominate Simons to Lead FTC, White House Says|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/trump-picks-lawyer-simons-to-lead-ftc-amid-equifax-breach-probe|access-date=October 19, 2017|publisher=Bloomberg News|date=October 19, 2017}} He took office on May 1, 2018, and was scheduled to depart on January 29, 2021; he was replaced as chair on January 21.{{Cite web|title=Slaughter Named Acting FTC Chair Amid Biden Shakeup - Law360|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1347268/slaughter-named-acting-ftc-chair-amid-biden-shakeup|access-date=2021-01-22|website=www.law360.com|language=en}}
Notably, the FTC under Simons filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook in December 2020.{{cite web | last1=Kendall | first1=Brent | last2=McKinnon | first2=John D. | title=Filing Facebook Lawsuit Is Career-Defining Act for FTC Chairman | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/filing-facebook-lawsuit-is-career-defining-act-for-ftc-chairman-11607726628 | date=December 11, 2020 | work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date=December 25, 2020}}
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