Executive Director, Committee for Justice
Ashley Baker serves as Executive Director at the Committee for Justice. Her focus areas include the Supreme Court, regulatory policy, antitrust, and judicial nominations. Her writing has appeared in Fox News, USA Today, The Boston Globe, The Hill, RealClearPolitics, The American Spectator, and elsewhere. Ashley is also the founder of the recently-formed Alliance on Antitrust coalition. She has testified before the United States Senate on the topic of antitrust law.
Ashley is an active member of the Federalist Society, where she serves as a member of the Regulatory Transparency Project's Antitrust & Consumer Protection and Cyber & Privacy working groups. As a member of the Republican National Lawyers Association, she has served as a speaker on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary.
As an expert on the judicial nominations process, Ashley worked closely on the efforts to confirm Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Much of Ashley’s work is at the intersection of the courts, regulation, and technology. Ashley also engages in policy analysis and outreach on legislation and regulations related to these issues by writing op-eds, letters to Congress for committee hearings, and regulatory comments.
Associate Attorney, Gibson Dunn
Logan Billman is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. His practice focuses on antitrust and competition law, including merger investigations and conduct matters before the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, and state attorneys general. Logan represents clients in complex private and government antitrust litigation and has significant experience in FTC merger challenges, including litigating and counseling clients through all phases of agency enforcement proceedings. His practice spans strategic counseling, investigative compliance, and trial advocacy in high-stakes competition matters. Logan received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, where he served as Managing Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. During law school, he interned with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission. He earned a B.A. in Economics from American University.
Senior Advisor for Competition and International Affairs, Office of Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, FTC
Partner and Co-Founder, Simonsen Sussman LLP
Shaoul is a Partner and Co-Founder of Simonsen Sussman LLP and a seasoned antitrust practitioner with extensive experience in private and government practice.
Most recently, Shaoul served as the Associate Director for Litigation in the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission. During his tenure, he oversaw the Bureau’s expansive litigation portfolio, focusing on strategic case development and successful outcomes. During his time in the Bureau’s Front Office, Shaoul worked on several high-profile and complex cases including the Kroger-Albertsons merger challenge, which addressed consolidation in the retail grocery sector, and the FTC’s lawsuit to unwind Illumina's acquisition of Grail in the Fifth Circuit, the first successful challenge to a vertical merger in 40 years. Additionally, Shaoul played an instrumental role in the FTC’s landmark monopolization case against Meta.
Apart from his litigation work at FTC, Shaoul played a pivotal role in shaping the FTC and DOJ 2023 Merger Guidelines, which introduced new measures aimed at addressing market consolidation and modernizing merger enforcement standards to reflect contemporary market realities and economics. Shaoul led the efforts to reform the premerger notification process under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. These reforms, which came into effect in 2025, included significant updates to streamline filing procedures, improve transparency, and strengthen regulatory oversight to ensure compliance with evolving antitrust laws. Shaoul also led the drafting of several amicus briefs filed by the U.S. government in landmark antitrust cases, including the FTC’s amicus brief during the remedy phase of the Epic v. Google case, which was cited favorably by the court.
Shaoul previously served as Attorney Advisor to former FTC Chair Lina Khan. Prior to his roles at the FTC, Shaoul was in private practice and served as a legal fellow at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Shaoul holds a J.D. from Fordham University and a B.A. from Bard College Berlin.
Shaoul serves on the board of the American Economic Liberties Project and as a Senior Advisor at Columbia Law School, where he focuses on academic antitrust research, exploring innovative approaches to competition policy, and modern market dynamics.
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Svetlana S. Gans is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP where she helps clients navigate complex consumer protection, privacy, and competition related regulatory proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), , U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, State Attorneys General and other enforcement bodies. Ms. Gans also assists on litigation matters and provides strategic counseling and advice related to public policy issues.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, she served as the Vice President & Associate General Counsel at NCTA, the Internet & Television Association, where she helped lead the association’s consumer protection and competition policy work. Prior to joining NCTA, Ms. Gans served with distinction as Chief of Staff to Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen at the FTC. As the agency chief of staff, Ms. Gans managed and oversaw agency operations, including bureau and office heads reporting to the Chairman, a seven-member office staff, and an agency budget of over $300 million. She also served as the Acting Chairman’s key advisor on consumer protection and competition investigations and litigation, working with a diverse team of attorneys and economists to preserve competition and protect U.S. consumers. She created, executed, and oversaw several strategic initiatives for the agency, including the agency process reform, regulatory reform, and data security transparency initiatives. Previously, Ms. Gans had the unique experience of serving in both litigating bureaus of the FTC: the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Prior to her time in government, Ms. Gans worked as an antitrust associate at major law firms. Her practice focused on defending consumer product, financial services, and trade association clients in regulatory and private investigations alleging conspiracy and violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Ms. Gans has been an active leader in the ABA Antitrust Law Section (“Section”) for two decades, and currently serves as the Section’s Marketing Officer. Ms. Gans helped create the Section’s Young Lawyer Representative Program, now in its 10th year, and the Section’s Law Ambassador Program, each aimed at developing and promoting the next generation of consumer protection and competition attorneys. Ms. Gans is also active in the Federal Communications Bar Association, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Diversity Pipeline Initiative and the Women’s Leadership Committee.
Ms. Gans received her law degree with high honors from the University of Denver College of Law. During law school, Ms. Gans served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. and as an Honors Program Paralegal for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Merger Taskforce. Ms. Gans earned her undergraduate degree cum laude from Boston University.
Counsel, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Keith Klovers, former advisor to FTC commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, represents companies in complex merger reviews, government conduct investigations, and civil antitrust litigation, as well as in complaints brought by US antitrust enforcers.
Keith represents companies in highly scrutinized industries, including healthcare, life sciences, and technology, before the US DOJ and FTC. He leverages an impressive track record of successfully obtaining merger clearances, including unconditional clearances without remedies for high-profile mergers, resolving conduct investigations, and defending clients in antitrust litigation and on appeal before the US government.
Complementing his extensive experience advising clients on day-to-day antitrust issues, he has provided specific guidance to clients related to the antitrust considerations of IP licensing, Robinson-Patman Act compliance, and dual distribution arrangements.
During his tenure at the FTC, Keith advised the commissioners on more than 100 merger reviews and conduct investigations, including litigation, settlements, and Part 3 opinions, and advised on several significant antitrust policy initiatives. Keith also clerked for judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A prolific writer on current and innovative antitrust trends, his numerous articles can be found in the Antitrust Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, George Mason Law Review, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Magazine, Health Affairs, and the Journal of Economic and Development Studies, among others.
Partner, WilmerHale
Jennifer Milici is the former Chief Trial Counsel of the US Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition. Ms. Milici focuses her practice on representing clients in high-profile litigation and helping clients navigate the evolving antitrust regulatory environment. She is well-positioned to advise clients on antitrust regulatory reviews and investigations, to litigate challenges filed by US antitrust enforcers, and to represent clients in high stakes federal, state, or administrative litigation.
Ms. Milici has more than 15 years of civil litigation experience and has played a key role in numerous trials. She has extensive courtroom experience and has successfully developed and implemented strategies to win trials raising complex and cutting-edge issues.
Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Maureen Ohlhausen is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises industry-leading clients on complex antitrust and litigation matters, with a focus on high-profile cases. Sought after for her depth of experience on antitrust and Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-related issues, Maureen is known for her relationships with officials in the U.S. and abroad.
After finishing law school and clerking at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Maureen joined the FTC in 1997. She held a series of roles at the agency over the next 12 years, rising to the position of Director of the FTC Office of Policy Planning, where she led the agency’s work on e-commerce and headed the FTC’s Internet Access Task Force, which produced an influential report analyzing competition and consumer protection legal issues in the broadband and internet sectors. She then went into private practice at a leading telecommunications law firm, where she headed the FTC practice group.
In 2012, Maureen was confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the FTC and was appointed Acting Chairman in January 2017, a role she held until May 2018. As Acting Chairman, Maureen directed all aspects of the agency’s antitrust work, including merger review, conduct enforcement, and all consumer protection enforcement, with an emphasis on privacy and technology issues. Under her leadership, the FTC won several influential merger challenges in court and reached a number of key digital privacy settlements.
To date, Maureen is the only FTC Commissioner to have received the Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to the FTC.
Following the end of her term at the FTC, and immediately prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Maureen was chair of the global antitrust and competition practice at Baker Botts, based in that firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
A recognized thought leader, Maureen is a frequent author and speaker, and is often quoted by leading print and broadcast media on antitrust, FTC, and privacy and data security matters. She has published dozens of articles on antitrust, privacy, intellectual property, regulation, FTC litigation, telecommunications, and international law issues in prestigious publications. During her tenure at the FTC and in private practice, she testified more than two dozen times before Congress, including before the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Antitrust Sub-Committee. She also testified before the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Matthew Rozen is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Rozen served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Rozen graduated with highest honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor on the University of Chicago Law Review. Mr. Rozen holds a master’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, and received his undergraduate degree in Literature from Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Mr. Rozen is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French.
Partner, Milbank
Mr. Weingarten is a seasoned trial lawyer who has served as first chair trial counsel and lead counsel in federal courts and federal agency administrative proceedings. He has significant experience in antitrust matters, both conduct and merger related, including most recently serving as first chair trial counsel representing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in federal court and administrative proceedings challenging anticompetitive mergers and conduct. He also has experience litigating competition matters across industries, with a focus on the healthcare, pharmaceutical and technology sectors.
James is the Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section of Civil Practice and Procedure Committee.
Prior to joining Milbank, James served as Chief Trial Counsel at the Federal Trade Commission. He held various other positions at the FTC after joining the agency in 2017. In those roles, he investigated and litigated significant merger and non-merger matters on behalf of the government. He litigated with state attorneys general and coordinated with foreign regulators. These experiences equip him not only to litigate on behalf of clients, but also to advise them on government merger and business practice investigations.
Before joining the FTC, he spent eight years as a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP.
James graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 2007, and from Yale College, magna cum laude, in 2001. After law school, he clerked with Judge Danny Boggs on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Consultant, American Edge Project and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Andrew Kilberg is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the firm’s litigation department. A member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Administrative and Regulatory, and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice groups, Andrew has significant experience challenging onerous federal regulations, advising on regulatory proposals, and defending agency enforcement actions and investigations. He has represented clients in federal district and appellate courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as before various agencies, authoring dozens of briefs, comment letters, and other submissions. His matters have covered wage and hour, ERISA, occupational safety and health, anti-discrimination, whistleblower, and labor relations issues. In addition to his labor and employment expertise, Andrew in 2019 was named a “Rising Star” in Telecom by Law360.
Between 2019 and 2021, Andrew served as Counselor to Secretary Eugene Scalia at the United States Department of Labor. In that role, he advised the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on a wide range of matters and led teams on important regulatory and other projects for the Office of the Secretary, including matters concerning environmental, social, and governance investing, proxy voting, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, independent contractor status, apprenticeships, religious accommodation, evidentiary standards and procedures for non-discrimination enforcement actions, and the coronavirus pandemic. He also was responsible for coordination with several other executive branch agencies.
In addition to his work in court, Andrew regularly authors comment letters submitted to federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission. He also has written position statements submitted to the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, provided extensive advice on federal and state vaccine-related rules and litigation, labor relations, anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation matters, and ERISA issues, and represented clients in agency investigations and audits.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Andrew clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. He received an M. Phil. in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge and was graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in History from Princeton University.
Andrew is a member of the Virginia bar, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Judd Littleton is a versatile, creative appellate lawyer with considerable experience representing clients in their most consequential cases at every level of the judiciary, from developing and implementing legal strategy in the district court through appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts nationwide. He has built a remarkable record of successful challenges to federal agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, and excels at handling complex, bet-the-company matters in the areas of appellate litigation, administrative law, and regulatory enforcement. Judd also regularly advises clients on strategic legal issues that precede litigation, including issues related to new laws and regulations and government investigations.
Judd obtained substantial government experience before going into private practice. After serving as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, where he worked on numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals, Judd litigated cases involving a range of high-profile constitutional and statutory challenges to federal government actions in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For his work in that role, he received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Department’s second-highest award for employee performance. Judd clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Judd is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has been recognized multiple times by Lawdragon as a “Leading Litigator in America” in Appellate and Supreme Court practice and was named a National Law Journal “D.C. Rising Star” in 2019. A frequent speaker on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy, he has also served on Law360’s Appellate Editorial Advisory Board since 2023.
Executive Director, Committee for Justice
Ashley Baker serves as Executive Director at the Committee for Justice. Her focus areas include the Supreme Court, regulatory policy, antitrust, and judicial nominations. Her writing has appeared in Fox News, USA Today, The Boston Globe, The Hill, RealClearPolitics, The American Spectator, and elsewhere. Ashley is also the founder of the recently-formed Alliance on Antitrust coalition. She has testified before the United States Senate on the topic of antitrust law.
Ashley is an active member of the Federalist Society, where she serves as a member of the Regulatory Transparency Project's Antitrust & Consumer Protection and Cyber & Privacy working groups. As a member of the Republican National Lawyers Association, she has served as a speaker on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary.
As an expert on the judicial nominations process, Ashley worked closely on the efforts to confirm Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Much of Ashley’s work is at the intersection of the courts, regulation, and technology. Ashley also engages in policy analysis and outreach on legislation and regulations related to these issues by writing op-eds, letters to Congress for committee hearings, and regulatory comments.
Associate Attorney, Gibson Dunn
Logan Billman is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. His practice focuses on antitrust and competition law, including merger investigations and conduct matters before the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, and state attorneys general. Logan represents clients in complex private and government antitrust litigation and has significant experience in FTC merger challenges, including litigating and counseling clients through all phases of agency enforcement proceedings. His practice spans strategic counseling, investigative compliance, and trial advocacy in high-stakes competition matters. Logan received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, where he served as Managing Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. During law school, he interned with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission. He earned a B.A. in Economics from American University.
Senior Advisor for Competition and International Affairs, Office of Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, FTC
Partner and Co-Founder, Simonsen Sussman LLP
Shaoul is a Partner and Co-Founder of Simonsen Sussman LLP and a seasoned antitrust practitioner with extensive experience in private and government practice.
Most recently, Shaoul served as the Associate Director for Litigation in the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission. During his tenure, he oversaw the Bureau’s expansive litigation portfolio, focusing on strategic case development and successful outcomes. During his time in the Bureau’s Front Office, Shaoul worked on several high-profile and complex cases including the Kroger-Albertsons merger challenge, which addressed consolidation in the retail grocery sector, and the FTC’s lawsuit to unwind Illumina's acquisition of Grail in the Fifth Circuit, the first successful challenge to a vertical merger in 40 years. Additionally, Shaoul played an instrumental role in the FTC’s landmark monopolization case against Meta.
Apart from his litigation work at FTC, Shaoul played a pivotal role in shaping the FTC and DOJ 2023 Merger Guidelines, which introduced new measures aimed at addressing market consolidation and modernizing merger enforcement standards to reflect contemporary market realities and economics. Shaoul led the efforts to reform the premerger notification process under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. These reforms, which came into effect in 2025, included significant updates to streamline filing procedures, improve transparency, and strengthen regulatory oversight to ensure compliance with evolving antitrust laws. Shaoul also led the drafting of several amicus briefs filed by the U.S. government in landmark antitrust cases, including the FTC’s amicus brief during the remedy phase of the Epic v. Google case, which was cited favorably by the court.
Shaoul previously served as Attorney Advisor to former FTC Chair Lina Khan. Prior to his roles at the FTC, Shaoul was in private practice and served as a legal fellow at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Shaoul holds a J.D. from Fordham University and a B.A. from Bard College Berlin.
Shaoul serves on the board of the American Economic Liberties Project and as a Senior Advisor at Columbia Law School, where he focuses on academic antitrust research, exploring innovative approaches to competition policy, and modern market dynamics.
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Svetlana S. Gans is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP where she helps clients navigate complex consumer protection, privacy, and competition related regulatory proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), , U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, State Attorneys General and other enforcement bodies. Ms. Gans also assists on litigation matters and provides strategic counseling and advice related to public policy issues.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, she served as the Vice President & Associate General Counsel at NCTA, the Internet & Television Association, where she helped lead the association’s consumer protection and competition policy work. Prior to joining NCTA, Ms. Gans served with distinction as Chief of Staff to Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen at the FTC. As the agency chief of staff, Ms. Gans managed and oversaw agency operations, including bureau and office heads reporting to the Chairman, a seven-member office staff, and an agency budget of over $300 million. She also served as the Acting Chairman’s key advisor on consumer protection and competition investigations and litigation, working with a diverse team of attorneys and economists to preserve competition and protect U.S. consumers. She created, executed, and oversaw several strategic initiatives for the agency, including the agency process reform, regulatory reform, and data security transparency initiatives. Previously, Ms. Gans had the unique experience of serving in both litigating bureaus of the FTC: the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Prior to her time in government, Ms. Gans worked as an antitrust associate at major law firms. Her practice focused on defending consumer product, financial services, and trade association clients in regulatory and private investigations alleging conspiracy and violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Ms. Gans has been an active leader in the ABA Antitrust Law Section (“Section”) for two decades, and currently serves as the Section’s Marketing Officer. Ms. Gans helped create the Section’s Young Lawyer Representative Program, now in its 10th year, and the Section’s Law Ambassador Program, each aimed at developing and promoting the next generation of consumer protection and competition attorneys. Ms. Gans is also active in the Federal Communications Bar Association, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Diversity Pipeline Initiative and the Women’s Leadership Committee.
Ms. Gans received her law degree with high honors from the University of Denver College of Law. During law school, Ms. Gans served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. and as an Honors Program Paralegal for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Merger Taskforce. Ms. Gans earned her undergraduate degree cum laude from Boston University.
Counsel, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Keith Klovers, former advisor to FTC commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, represents companies in complex merger reviews, government conduct investigations, and civil antitrust litigation, as well as in complaints brought by US antitrust enforcers.
Keith represents companies in highly scrutinized industries, including healthcare, life sciences, and technology, before the US DOJ and FTC. He leverages an impressive track record of successfully obtaining merger clearances, including unconditional clearances without remedies for high-profile mergers, resolving conduct investigations, and defending clients in antitrust litigation and on appeal before the US government.
Complementing his extensive experience advising clients on day-to-day antitrust issues, he has provided specific guidance to clients related to the antitrust considerations of IP licensing, Robinson-Patman Act compliance, and dual distribution arrangements.
During his tenure at the FTC, Keith advised the commissioners on more than 100 merger reviews and conduct investigations, including litigation, settlements, and Part 3 opinions, and advised on several significant antitrust policy initiatives. Keith also clerked for judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A prolific writer on current and innovative antitrust trends, his numerous articles can be found in the Antitrust Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, George Mason Law Review, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Magazine, Health Affairs, and the Journal of Economic and Development Studies, among others.
Partner, WilmerHale
Jennifer Milici is the former Chief Trial Counsel of the US Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition. Ms. Milici focuses her practice on representing clients in high-profile litigation and helping clients navigate the evolving antitrust regulatory environment. She is well-positioned to advise clients on antitrust regulatory reviews and investigations, to litigate challenges filed by US antitrust enforcers, and to represent clients in high stakes federal, state, or administrative litigation.
Ms. Milici has more than 15 years of civil litigation experience and has played a key role in numerous trials. She has extensive courtroom experience and has successfully developed and implemented strategies to win trials raising complex and cutting-edge issues.
Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Maureen Ohlhausen is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises industry-leading clients on complex antitrust and litigation matters, with a focus on high-profile cases. Sought after for her depth of experience on antitrust and Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-related issues, Maureen is known for her relationships with officials in the U.S. and abroad.
After finishing law school and clerking at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Maureen joined the FTC in 1997. She held a series of roles at the agency over the next 12 years, rising to the position of Director of the FTC Office of Policy Planning, where she led the agency’s work on e-commerce and headed the FTC’s Internet Access Task Force, which produced an influential report analyzing competition and consumer protection legal issues in the broadband and internet sectors. She then went into private practice at a leading telecommunications law firm, where she headed the FTC practice group.
In 2012, Maureen was confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the FTC and was appointed Acting Chairman in January 2017, a role she held until May 2018. As Acting Chairman, Maureen directed all aspects of the agency’s antitrust work, including merger review, conduct enforcement, and all consumer protection enforcement, with an emphasis on privacy and technology issues. Under her leadership, the FTC won several influential merger challenges in court and reached a number of key digital privacy settlements.
To date, Maureen is the only FTC Commissioner to have received the Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to the FTC.
Following the end of her term at the FTC, and immediately prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Maureen was chair of the global antitrust and competition practice at Baker Botts, based in that firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
A recognized thought leader, Maureen is a frequent author and speaker, and is often quoted by leading print and broadcast media on antitrust, FTC, and privacy and data security matters. She has published dozens of articles on antitrust, privacy, intellectual property, regulation, FTC litigation, telecommunications, and international law issues in prestigious publications. During her tenure at the FTC and in private practice, she testified more than two dozen times before Congress, including before the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Antitrust Sub-Committee. She also testified before the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Matthew Rozen is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Rozen served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Rozen graduated with highest honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor on the University of Chicago Law Review. Mr. Rozen holds a master’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, and received his undergraduate degree in Literature from Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Mr. Rozen is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French.
Partner, Milbank
Mr. Weingarten is a seasoned trial lawyer who has served as first chair trial counsel and lead counsel in federal courts and federal agency administrative proceedings. He has significant experience in antitrust matters, both conduct and merger related, including most recently serving as first chair trial counsel representing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in federal court and administrative proceedings challenging anticompetitive mergers and conduct. He also has experience litigating competition matters across industries, with a focus on the healthcare, pharmaceutical and technology sectors.
James is the Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section of Civil Practice and Procedure Committee.
Prior to joining Milbank, James served as Chief Trial Counsel at the Federal Trade Commission. He held various other positions at the FTC after joining the agency in 2017. In those roles, he investigated and litigated significant merger and non-merger matters on behalf of the government. He litigated with state attorneys general and coordinated with foreign regulators. These experiences equip him not only to litigate on behalf of clients, but also to advise them on government merger and business practice investigations.
Before joining the FTC, he spent eight years as a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP.
James graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 2007, and from Yale College, magna cum laude, in 2001. After law school, he clerked with Judge Danny Boggs on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Svetlana S. Gans is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP where she helps clients navigate complex consumer protection, privacy, and competition related regulatory proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), , U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, State Attorneys General and other enforcement bodies. Ms. Gans also assists on litigation matters and provides strategic counseling and advice related to public policy issues.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, she served as the Vice President & Associate General Counsel at NCTA, the Internet & Television Association, where she helped lead the association’s consumer protection and competition policy work. Prior to joining NCTA, Ms. Gans served with distinction as Chief of Staff to Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen at the FTC. As the agency chief of staff, Ms. Gans managed and oversaw agency operations, including bureau and office heads reporting to the Chairman, a seven-member office staff, and an agency budget of over $300 million. She also served as the Acting Chairman’s key advisor on consumer protection and competition investigations and litigation, working with a diverse team of attorneys and economists to preserve competition and protect U.S. consumers. She created, executed, and oversaw several strategic initiatives for the agency, including the agency process reform, regulatory reform, and data security transparency initiatives. Previously, Ms. Gans had the unique experience of serving in both litigating bureaus of the FTC: the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Prior to her time in government, Ms. Gans worked as an antitrust associate at major law firms. Her practice focused on defending consumer product, financial services, and trade association clients in regulatory and private investigations alleging conspiracy and violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Ms. Gans has been an active leader in the ABA Antitrust Law Section (“Section”) for two decades, and currently serves as the Section’s Marketing Officer. Ms. Gans helped create the Section’s Young Lawyer Representative Program, now in its 10th year, and the Section’s Law Ambassador Program, each aimed at developing and promoting the next generation of consumer protection and competition attorneys. Ms. Gans is also active in the Federal Communications Bar Association, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Diversity Pipeline Initiative and the Women’s Leadership Committee.
Ms. Gans received her law degree with high honors from the University of Denver College of Law. During law school, Ms. Gans served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. and as an Honors Program Paralegal for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Merger Taskforce. Ms. Gans earned her undergraduate degree cum laude from Boston University.
Counsel, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Keith Klovers, former advisor to FTC commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, represents companies in complex merger reviews, government conduct investigations, and civil antitrust litigation, as well as in complaints brought by US antitrust enforcers.
Keith represents companies in highly scrutinized industries, including healthcare, life sciences, and technology, before the US DOJ and FTC. He leverages an impressive track record of successfully obtaining merger clearances, including unconditional clearances without remedies for high-profile mergers, resolving conduct investigations, and defending clients in antitrust litigation and on appeal before the US government.
Complementing his extensive experience advising clients on day-to-day antitrust issues, he has provided specific guidance to clients related to the antitrust considerations of IP licensing, Robinson-Patman Act compliance, and dual distribution arrangements.
During his tenure at the FTC, Keith advised the commissioners on more than 100 merger reviews and conduct investigations, including litigation, settlements, and Part 3 opinions, and advised on several significant antitrust policy initiatives. Keith also clerked for judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A prolific writer on current and innovative antitrust trends, his numerous articles can be found in the Antitrust Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, George Mason Law Review, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Magazine, Health Affairs, and the Journal of Economic and Development Studies, among others.
Partner, WilmerHale
Jennifer Milici is the former Chief Trial Counsel of the US Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition. Ms. Milici focuses her practice on representing clients in high-profile litigation and helping clients navigate the evolving antitrust regulatory environment. She is well-positioned to advise clients on antitrust regulatory reviews and investigations, to litigate challenges filed by US antitrust enforcers, and to represent clients in high stakes federal, state, or administrative litigation.
Ms. Milici has more than 15 years of civil litigation experience and has played a key role in numerous trials. She has extensive courtroom experience and has successfully developed and implemented strategies to win trials raising complex and cutting-edge issues.
Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Maureen Ohlhausen is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises industry-leading clients on complex antitrust and litigation matters, with a focus on high-profile cases. Sought after for her depth of experience on antitrust and Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-related issues, Maureen is known for her relationships with officials in the U.S. and abroad.
After finishing law school and clerking at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Maureen joined the FTC in 1997. She held a series of roles at the agency over the next 12 years, rising to the position of Director of the FTC Office of Policy Planning, where she led the agency’s work on e-commerce and headed the FTC’s Internet Access Task Force, which produced an influential report analyzing competition and consumer protection legal issues in the broadband and internet sectors. She then went into private practice at a leading telecommunications law firm, where she headed the FTC practice group.
In 2012, Maureen was confirmed by the Senate as a Commissioner of the FTC and was appointed Acting Chairman in January 2017, a role she held until May 2018. As Acting Chairman, Maureen directed all aspects of the agency’s antitrust work, including merger review, conduct enforcement, and all consumer protection enforcement, with an emphasis on privacy and technology issues. Under her leadership, the FTC won several influential merger challenges in court and reached a number of key digital privacy settlements.
To date, Maureen is the only FTC Commissioner to have received the Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to the FTC.
Following the end of her term at the FTC, and immediately prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Maureen was chair of the global antitrust and competition practice at Baker Botts, based in that firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
A recognized thought leader, Maureen is a frequent author and speaker, and is often quoted by leading print and broadcast media on antitrust, FTC, and privacy and data security matters. She has published dozens of articles on antitrust, privacy, intellectual property, regulation, FTC litigation, telecommunications, and international law issues in prestigious publications. During her tenure at the FTC and in private practice, she testified more than two dozen times before Congress, including before the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Antitrust Sub-Committee. She also testified before the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Matthew Rozen is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Rozen served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Rozen graduated with highest honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor on the University of Chicago Law Review. Mr. Rozen holds a master’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, and received his undergraduate degree in Literature from Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Mr. Rozen is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French.
Partner, Milbank
Mr. Weingarten is a seasoned trial lawyer who has served as first chair trial counsel and lead counsel in federal courts and federal agency administrative proceedings. He has significant experience in antitrust matters, both conduct and merger related, including most recently serving as first chair trial counsel representing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in federal court and administrative proceedings challenging anticompetitive mergers and conduct. He also has experience litigating competition matters across industries, with a focus on the healthcare, pharmaceutical and technology sectors.
James is the Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section of Civil Practice and Procedure Committee.
Prior to joining Milbank, James served as Chief Trial Counsel at the Federal Trade Commission. He held various other positions at the FTC after joining the agency in 2017. In those roles, he investigated and litigated significant merger and non-merger matters on behalf of the government. He litigated with state attorneys general and coordinated with foreign regulators. These experiences equip him not only to litigate on behalf of clients, but also to advise them on government merger and business practice investigations.
Before joining the FTC, he spent eight years as a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP.
James graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 2007, and from Yale College, magna cum laude, in 2001. After law school, he clerked with Judge Danny Boggs on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Consultant, American Edge Project and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Andrew Kilberg is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the firm’s litigation department. A member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Administrative and Regulatory, and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice groups, Andrew has significant experience challenging onerous federal regulations, advising on regulatory proposals, and defending agency enforcement actions and investigations. He has represented clients in federal district and appellate courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as before various agencies, authoring dozens of briefs, comment letters, and other submissions. His matters have covered wage and hour, ERISA, occupational safety and health, anti-discrimination, whistleblower, and labor relations issues. In addition to his labor and employment expertise, Andrew in 2019 was named a “Rising Star” in Telecom by Law360.
Between 2019 and 2021, Andrew served as Counselor to Secretary Eugene Scalia at the United States Department of Labor. In that role, he advised the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on a wide range of matters and led teams on important regulatory and other projects for the Office of the Secretary, including matters concerning environmental, social, and governance investing, proxy voting, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, independent contractor status, apprenticeships, religious accommodation, evidentiary standards and procedures for non-discrimination enforcement actions, and the coronavirus pandemic. He also was responsible for coordination with several other executive branch agencies.
In addition to his work in court, Andrew regularly authors comment letters submitted to federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission. He also has written position statements submitted to the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, provided extensive advice on federal and state vaccine-related rules and litigation, labor relations, anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation matters, and ERISA issues, and represented clients in agency investigations and audits.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Andrew clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. He received an M. Phil. in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge and was graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in History from Princeton University.
Andrew is a member of the Virginia bar, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Judd Littleton is a versatile, creative appellate lawyer with considerable experience representing clients in their most consequential cases at every level of the judiciary, from developing and implementing legal strategy in the district court through appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts nationwide. He has built a remarkable record of successful challenges to federal agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, and excels at handling complex, bet-the-company matters in the areas of appellate litigation, administrative law, and regulatory enforcement. Judd also regularly advises clients on strategic legal issues that precede litigation, including issues related to new laws and regulations and government investigations.
Judd obtained substantial government experience before going into private practice. After serving as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, where he worked on numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals, Judd litigated cases involving a range of high-profile constitutional and statutory challenges to federal government actions in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For his work in that role, he received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Department’s second-highest award for employee performance. Judd clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Judd is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has been recognized multiple times by Lawdragon as a “Leading Litigator in America” in Appellate and Supreme Court practice and was named a National Law Journal “D.C. Rising Star” in 2019. A frequent speaker on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy, he has also served on Law360’s Appellate Editorial Advisory Board since 2023.
Consultant, American Edge Project and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Andrew Kilberg is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the firm’s litigation department. A member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Administrative and Regulatory, and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice groups, Andrew has significant experience challenging onerous federal regulations, advising on regulatory proposals, and defending agency enforcement actions and investigations. He has represented clients in federal district and appellate courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as before various agencies, authoring dozens of briefs, comment letters, and other submissions. His matters have covered wage and hour, ERISA, occupational safety and health, anti-discrimination, whistleblower, and labor relations issues. In addition to his labor and employment expertise, Andrew in 2019 was named a “Rising Star” in Telecom by Law360.
Between 2019 and 2021, Andrew served as Counselor to Secretary Eugene Scalia at the United States Department of Labor. In that role, he advised the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on a wide range of matters and led teams on important regulatory and other projects for the Office of the Secretary, including matters concerning environmental, social, and governance investing, proxy voting, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, independent contractor status, apprenticeships, religious accommodation, evidentiary standards and procedures for non-discrimination enforcement actions, and the coronavirus pandemic. He also was responsible for coordination with several other executive branch agencies.
In addition to his work in court, Andrew regularly authors comment letters submitted to federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission. He also has written position statements submitted to the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, provided extensive advice on federal and state vaccine-related rules and litigation, labor relations, anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation matters, and ERISA issues, and represented clients in agency investigations and audits.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Andrew clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. He received an M. Phil. in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge and was graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in History from Princeton University.
Andrew is a member of the Virginia bar, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Judd Littleton is a versatile, creative appellate lawyer with considerable experience representing clients in their most consequential cases at every level of the judiciary, from developing and implementing legal strategy in the district court through appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts nationwide. He has built a remarkable record of successful challenges to federal agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, and excels at handling complex, bet-the-company matters in the areas of appellate litigation, administrative law, and regulatory enforcement. Judd also regularly advises clients on strategic legal issues that precede litigation, including issues related to new laws and regulations and government investigations.
Judd obtained substantial government experience before going into private practice. After serving as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, where he worked on numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals, Judd litigated cases involving a range of high-profile constitutional and statutory challenges to federal government actions in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For his work in that role, he received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Department’s second-highest award for employee performance. Judd clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Judd is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has been recognized multiple times by Lawdragon as a “Leading Litigator in America” in Appellate and Supreme Court practice and was named a National Law Journal “D.C. Rising Star” in 2019. A frequent speaker on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy, he has also served on Law360’s Appellate Editorial Advisory Board since 2023.
Special Counsel, Freshfields
Nina is special counsel in our dispute resolution group with over a decade of public and private sector experience in the cross-section of policy and law. Based in Washington, DC, her practice focuses on government regulatory investigations with an emphasis on consumer protection and data, privacy and cybersecurity. At Freshfields, Nina represents clients in internal investigations and risk assessments, and provides practical advice in navigating regulatory inquiries. She also counsels companies on product design, compliance, and regulatory strategy in complex, highly regulated industries.
Nina is a seasoned investigator who has served in high-ranking government roles throughout her career. Before joining Freshfields, Nina was an Attorney Adviser to Commissioner Christine S. Wilson of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In that role, she counseled on consumer protection enforcement efforts, rulemakings, Congressional oversight, and policy initiatives, including investigations and rules related to privacy, data security, consumer financial practices, advertising, and marketing practices.
Most recently, Nina served as the Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce consumer policy program, regularly interacting with members of Congress, industry partners, consumer groups, media and regulators. While with the U.S. Chamber, she developed and implemented advocacy, messaging and coalition strategies to address issues and regulations related to data security and privacy, marketing and advertising practices and consumer financial products and services.
Nina also has government experience at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the Office of Supervision Policy. There she collaborated with cross-bureau stakeholders to revise and develop collection rules, provided legal counsel to examination teams and trained CFPB stakeholders on federal laws, regulations and policies related to Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices, collections, furnishing and origination issues.
Nina previously worked as an associate at international law firms and served as in-house counsel to one of America’s largest multinational financial services company.
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Svetlana S. Gans is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP where she helps clients navigate complex consumer protection, privacy, and competition related regulatory proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), , U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, State Attorneys General and other enforcement bodies. Ms. Gans also assists on litigation matters and provides strategic counseling and advice related to public policy issues.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, she served as the Vice President & Associate General Counsel at NCTA, the Internet & Television Association, where she helped lead the association’s consumer protection and competition policy work. Prior to joining NCTA, Ms. Gans served with distinction as Chief of Staff to Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen at the FTC. As the agency chief of staff, Ms. Gans managed and oversaw agency operations, including bureau and office heads reporting to the Chairman, a seven-member office staff, and an agency budget of over $300 million. She also served as the Acting Chairman’s key advisor on consumer protection and competition investigations and litigation, working with a diverse team of attorneys and economists to preserve competition and protect U.S. consumers. She created, executed, and oversaw several strategic initiatives for the agency, including the agency process reform, regulatory reform, and data security transparency initiatives. Previously, Ms. Gans had the unique experience of serving in both litigating bureaus of the FTC: the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Prior to her time in government, Ms. Gans worked as an antitrust associate at major law firms. Her practice focused on defending consumer product, financial services, and trade association clients in regulatory and private investigations alleging conspiracy and violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Ms. Gans has been an active leader in the ABA Antitrust Law Section (“Section”) for two decades, and currently serves as the Section’s Marketing Officer. Ms. Gans helped create the Section’s Young Lawyer Representative Program, now in its 10th year, and the Section’s Law Ambassador Program, each aimed at developing and promoting the next generation of consumer protection and competition attorneys. Ms. Gans is also active in the Federal Communications Bar Association, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Diversity Pipeline Initiative and the Women’s Leadership Committee.
Ms. Gans received her law degree with high honors from the University of Denver College of Law. During law school, Ms. Gans served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. and as an Honors Program Paralegal for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Merger Taskforce. Ms. Gans earned her undergraduate degree cum laude from Boston University.
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
The Honorable Paul J. Ray is currently Of Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP where he advises clients on regulatory opportunities and challenges and helps them formulate and execute advocacy strategies for their regulatory policy priorities before the executive branch and Congress.
During the first Trump Administration, Paul held various senior positions at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, including as acting, and then Senate-confirmed, head of the office. As OIRA Administrator (the "regulations czar"), Paul supervised the review of hundreds of regulations from across the government, drafted numerous executive orders governing the regulatory process, and led the Administration’s regulatory reform effort. As a result of this experience, Paul is well-positioned to help clients understand and achieve regulatory policy priorities in the context of the government’s regulatory agenda and ongoing reform efforts.
Most recently, Paul was also the Director of the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. In that role, he supervised the formulation of the Foundation’s economic and regulatory policy recommendations and provided technical assistance to congressional committees and staff regarding legislative changes to the regulatory process. In addition to his role at The Heritage Foundation, Paul also served as a Senior Advisor at a strategic advisory firm. Before his time in government, Paul practiced law at a law firm in Washington, specializing in administrative law matters.
Prior to his role at the White House, Paul was Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor. There he led departmental efforts in high-profile rulemakings and helped formulate the Department’s legal positions and strategy.
Paul served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and as a law clerk to the Honorable Debra Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Paul is a thought leader in the conservative legal movement and is a frequent commentator and speaker on regulatory policy and reform matters, including at law schools, professional gatherings, and other venues. He is the Chairman of Innovations in Peacebuilding International and the Regulatory Process Working Group of the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project and a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Paul is also an adjunct lecturer at the Hillsdale College School of Government.
Partner, BakerHostetler
With more than 30 years of experience, Randy has been fortunate to represent many of the leading consumer goods companies with respect to counseling and before the FTC, state attorneys general, CFPB and NAD. He has also been involved in a number of groundbreaking matters, including several precedent-setting FTC safe harbor provisions, the first NAD case involving CBD and one of the earliest challenges to the constitutionality of the CFPB. Clients have great respect for his practical and thoughtful counsel and will come to him with some of their most difficult issues. Randy prides himself on being a thought leader, having published widely read journal articles on topics such as Made in USA, green and pricing claims, as well as on regulators’ recent focus on “Dark Patterns.” He has also been a leader in ensuring that clients stay up-to-date with developments in the advertising and marketing space. He helped start the first-ever advertising law blog, as well as the first law firm-hosted, day-long advertising CLE program.
Randy is BakerHostetler's Washington, D.C., Digital Assets and Data Management Leader, and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
Visiting Scholar, Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University
Prior to joining the GW Regulatory Studies Center, Mary Sullivan was an economist at the Federal Trade Commission. Previously, she was as an economist and Assistant Chief of the Competition Policy Section at the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. In academia, she was on the faculties of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the George Washington School of Business.
Her research focuses on regulation, antitrust, and the economics of brand names and trademarks. While at the Federal Trade Commission, she wrote Economic Analysis of Hotel Resort Fees, which examines how poorly-disclosed fees affect consumers’ ability to search. In addition, she has published several articles in regulation and antitrust, including “The Effect of the Big Eight Accounting Firm Mergers on the Market for Audit Services” and “Slotting Allowances and the Market for New Products” in the Journal of Law and Economics; “The Role of Antitrust in Marketing” in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing; and “Economics at the FTC: Drug and PBM Mergers and Drip Pricing” (coauthored) in the Review of Industrial Organization. Her research on measuring brand equity and customer satisfaction are widely cited in the academic literature.
Ms. Sullivan holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and an A.B. in economics from Duke University.
Special Counsel, Freshfields
Nina is special counsel in our dispute resolution group with over a decade of public and private sector experience in the cross-section of policy and law. Based in Washington, DC, her practice focuses on government regulatory investigations with an emphasis on consumer protection and data, privacy and cybersecurity. At Freshfields, Nina represents clients in internal investigations and risk assessments, and provides practical advice in navigating regulatory inquiries. She also counsels companies on product design, compliance, and regulatory strategy in complex, highly regulated industries.
Nina is a seasoned investigator who has served in high-ranking government roles throughout her career. Before joining Freshfields, Nina was an Attorney Adviser to Commissioner Christine S. Wilson of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In that role, she counseled on consumer protection enforcement efforts, rulemakings, Congressional oversight, and policy initiatives, including investigations and rules related to privacy, data security, consumer financial practices, advertising, and marketing practices.
Most recently, Nina served as the Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce consumer policy program, regularly interacting with members of Congress, industry partners, consumer groups, media and regulators. While with the U.S. Chamber, she developed and implemented advocacy, messaging and coalition strategies to address issues and regulations related to data security and privacy, marketing and advertising practices and consumer financial products and services.
Nina also has government experience at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the Office of Supervision Policy. There she collaborated with cross-bureau stakeholders to revise and develop collection rules, provided legal counsel to examination teams and trained CFPB stakeholders on federal laws, regulations and policies related to Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices, collections, furnishing and origination issues.
Nina previously worked as an associate at international law firms and served as in-house counsel to one of America’s largest multinational financial services company.
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Svetlana S. Gans is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP where she helps clients navigate complex consumer protection, privacy, and competition related regulatory proceedings before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), , U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, State Attorneys General and other enforcement bodies. Ms. Gans also assists on litigation matters and provides strategic counseling and advice related to public policy issues.
Before joining Gibson Dunn, she served as the Vice President & Associate General Counsel at NCTA, the Internet & Television Association, where she helped lead the association’s consumer protection and competition policy work. Prior to joining NCTA, Ms. Gans served with distinction as Chief of Staff to Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen at the FTC. As the agency chief of staff, Ms. Gans managed and oversaw agency operations, including bureau and office heads reporting to the Chairman, a seven-member office staff, and an agency budget of over $300 million. She also served as the Acting Chairman’s key advisor on consumer protection and competition investigations and litigation, working with a diverse team of attorneys and economists to preserve competition and protect U.S. consumers. She created, executed, and oversaw several strategic initiatives for the agency, including the agency process reform, regulatory reform, and data security transparency initiatives. Previously, Ms. Gans had the unique experience of serving in both litigating bureaus of the FTC: the Bureau of Competition and the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Prior to her time in government, Ms. Gans worked as an antitrust associate at major law firms. Her practice focused on defending consumer product, financial services, and trade association clients in regulatory and private investigations alleging conspiracy and violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Ms. Gans has been an active leader in the ABA Antitrust Law Section (“Section”) for two decades, and currently serves as the Section’s Marketing Officer. Ms. Gans helped create the Section’s Young Lawyer Representative Program, now in its 10th year, and the Section’s Law Ambassador Program, each aimed at developing and promoting the next generation of consumer protection and competition attorneys. Ms. Gans is also active in the Federal Communications Bar Association, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Diversity Pipeline Initiative and the Women’s Leadership Committee.
Ms. Gans received her law degree with high honors from the University of Denver College of Law. During law school, Ms. Gans served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. and as an Honors Program Paralegal for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Merger Taskforce. Ms. Gans earned her undergraduate degree cum laude from Boston University.
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
The Honorable Paul J. Ray is currently Of Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP where he advises clients on regulatory opportunities and challenges and helps them formulate and execute advocacy strategies for their regulatory policy priorities before the executive branch and Congress.
During the first Trump Administration, Paul held various senior positions at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, including as acting, and then Senate-confirmed, head of the office. As OIRA Administrator (the "regulations czar"), Paul supervised the review of hundreds of regulations from across the government, drafted numerous executive orders governing the regulatory process, and led the Administration’s regulatory reform effort. As a result of this experience, Paul is well-positioned to help clients understand and achieve regulatory policy priorities in the context of the government’s regulatory agenda and ongoing reform efforts.
Most recently, Paul was also the Director of the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. In that role, he supervised the formulation of the Foundation’s economic and regulatory policy recommendations and provided technical assistance to congressional committees and staff regarding legislative changes to the regulatory process. In addition to his role at The Heritage Foundation, Paul also served as a Senior Advisor at a strategic advisory firm. Before his time in government, Paul practiced law at a law firm in Washington, specializing in administrative law matters.
Prior to his role at the White House, Paul was Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor. There he led departmental efforts in high-profile rulemakings and helped formulate the Department’s legal positions and strategy.
Paul served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and as a law clerk to the Honorable Debra Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Paul is a thought leader in the conservative legal movement and is a frequent commentator and speaker on regulatory policy and reform matters, including at law schools, professional gatherings, and other venues. He is the Chairman of Innovations in Peacebuilding International and the Regulatory Process Working Group of the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project and a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Paul is also an adjunct lecturer at the Hillsdale College School of Government.
Partner, BakerHostetler
With more than 30 years of experience, Randy has been fortunate to represent many of the leading consumer goods companies with respect to counseling and before the FTC, state attorneys general, CFPB and NAD. He has also been involved in a number of groundbreaking matters, including several precedent-setting FTC safe harbor provisions, the first NAD case involving CBD and one of the earliest challenges to the constitutionality of the CFPB. Clients have great respect for his practical and thoughtful counsel and will come to him with some of their most difficult issues. Randy prides himself on being a thought leader, having published widely read journal articles on topics such as Made in USA, green and pricing claims, as well as on regulators’ recent focus on “Dark Patterns.” He has also been a leader in ensuring that clients stay up-to-date with developments in the advertising and marketing space. He helped start the first-ever advertising law blog, as well as the first law firm-hosted, day-long advertising CLE program.
Randy is BakerHostetler's Washington, D.C., Digital Assets and Data Management Leader, and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
Visiting Scholar, Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University
Prior to joining the GW Regulatory Studies Center, Mary Sullivan was an economist at the Federal Trade Commission. Previously, she was as an economist and Assistant Chief of the Competition Policy Section at the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. In academia, she was on the faculties of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the George Washington School of Business.
Her research focuses on regulation, antitrust, and the economics of brand names and trademarks. While at the Federal Trade Commission, she wrote Economic Analysis of Hotel Resort Fees, which examines how poorly-disclosed fees affect consumers’ ability to search. In addition, she has published several articles in regulation and antitrust, including “The Effect of the Big Eight Accounting Firm Mergers on the Market for Audit Services” and “Slotting Allowances and the Market for New Products” in the Journal of Law and Economics; “The Role of Antitrust in Marketing” in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing; and “Economics at the FTC: Drug and PBM Mergers and Drip Pricing” (coauthored) in the Review of Industrial Organization. Her research on measuring brand equity and customer satisfaction are widely cited in the academic literature.
Ms. Sullivan holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and an A.B. in economics from Duke University.
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