1. Maureen Kraemer Ohlhausen was born on April 5,1962 and is an American lawyer who is a former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, a position she held from April 4,2012, to September 25,2018.
16 Facts About Maureen Ohlhausen
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On January 26,2017, President Donald Trump designated Ohlhausen to serve as Acting Chairwoman of the FTC.
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Maureen Ohlhausen withdrew her nomination for the federal judiciary in December 2018, opting instead to join Baker Botts as partner and co-chair of the firm's antitrust practice.
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Maureen Ohlhausen earned her Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from the University of Virginia in 1984, and received a Juris Doctor with distinction from George Mason University in 1991.
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Maureen Ohlhausen clerked for Judge Robert J Yock of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1991 to 1992 and later spent five years at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, serving as a law clerk for Judge David B Sentelle and as a staff attorney.
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Maureen Ohlhausen previously served at the FTC for eleven years, most recently as Director of the Office of Policy Planning from 2004 to 2008, where she led the FTC's Internet Access Task Force.
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From 1998 to 2001, Maureen Ohlhausen was an attorney advisor for former FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle, advising him on competition and consumer protection matters.
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Maureen Ohlhausen started at the FTC General Counsel's Office in 1997.
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Maureen Ohlhausen was on the adjunct faculty at George Mason University School of Law, where she taught privacy law and unfair trade practices.
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Maureen Ohlhausen served as a senior editor of the Antitrust Law Journal and as a member of the American Bar Association's Task Force on Competition and Public Policy.
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Maureen Ohlhausen has authored a variety of articles on competition law, privacy, and technology matters.
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From 2009 to 2012, Maureen Ohlhausen was a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, where she focused on FTC issues, including privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity.
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In 2024, Maureen Ohlhausen joined the law firm of Wilson Sonsini as a partner.
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Maureen Ohlhausen was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Lawrence J Block, who retired on January 8,2016.
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In December 2018, Maureen Ohlhausen announced that she had withdrawn her nomination for the federal judiciary, opting instead to join Baker Botts as partner and co-chair of the firm's antitrust practice.
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Maureen Ohlhausen has been a member of the Federalist Society since 1992.