Joshua D. Wright

Joshua Daniel Wright (born January 20, 1977) is an American economist and lawyer who was a commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from 2013 to 2015. He is a professor at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School and serves as the executive director of the Global Antitrust Institute.[5][6][7]

Not to be confused with Joshua Wright, the Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.
Joshua D. Wright
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
In office
January 2013 – August 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJ. Thomas Rosch[1]
Succeeded byRohit Chopra[2]
Personal details
Born
Joshua Daniel Wright[3][4]

(1977-01-20) January 20, 1977[4]
San Diego, California, U.S.[4]
Political partyRepublican[4]
EducationUniversity of California, San Diego (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD, PhD)

Wright is a leading scholar in the fields of antitrust law, law and economics, and consumer protection, and has published more than 60 articles and book chapters, co-authored a leading casebook, and edited several book volumes focusing on these issues. Wright also served as Co-Editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review and a Senior Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal.[6]

Career

Wright was born and raised in San Diego, California.[6] He studied economics at the University of California, San Diego, graduating in 1998 with a B.A. with highest departmental honors. He then did doctoral study in economics and attended law school at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received a Juris Doctor in 2002 and a Ph.D. in economics in 2003, and was a managing editor of the UCLA Law Review.[6]

Wright clerked for Judge James V. Selna of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 2003 to 2004, and taught for one year at Pepperdine University before joining the faculty at George Mason in 2004.[6] Wright served the Commission in the Bureau of Competition as its inaugural Scholar-in-Residence from 2007 to 2008, where he focused on enforcement matters and competition policy. Wright's return to the Commission marks his fourth stint at the agency, after having served as an intern in both the Bureau of Economics and Bureau of Competition in 1997 and 1998, respectively.[6]

See also

References
  1. PN1919 — Joshua D. Wright — Federal Trade Commission, 112th Congress (2011-2012)
  2. PN1531 — Rohit Chopra — Federal Trade Commission, 115th Congress (2017-2018)
  3. http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Licensee/Detail/223156
  4. Wright Testimony
  5. "Joshua D. Wright". George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  6. Public domain material from "Joshua D. Wright", a Federal Trade Commission webpage (accessed February 23, 2013).
  7. "FTC Commissioner Joshua D. Wright to Resign". Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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