1. William Evan Kovacic was born on 1952 and is an American legal scholar who served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from 2006 to 2011, including as its chairman from 2008 to 2009.
14 Facts About William Kovacic
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William Kovacic's father was a chemical engineer who worked for the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC William Kovacic graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1970.
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William Kovacic then attended Columbia Law School, graduating in 1978 with a Juris Doctor degree as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
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From 1979 to 1983, Kovacic served as a staffer within the FTC, first within the Bureau of Competition's Planning Office and later as an attorney and advisor to then-Commissioner George W Douglas.
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At Bryan Cave, William Kovacic practiced in the firm's antitrust and government contracts departments.
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In 1986, William Kovacic joined the faculty of the George Mason University Law School, where he taught antitrust law.
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In 2001, William Kovacic rejoined the FTC's staff as the agency's general counsel, serving until 2004.
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In 2006, President George W Bush appointed Kovacic to replace Orson Swindle as a member of the FTC.
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On March 30,2008, William Kovacic was designated by Bush to serve as FTC Chair, replacing Deborah Platt Majoras.
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William Kovacic currently serves as the director of the Competition Law Center at GWU Law School.
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Since 1992, William Kovacic has served as an adviser on antitrust and consumer protection issues to the governments of Armenia, Benin, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guyana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Panama, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
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William Kovacic serves on the International Committee of the Institute of Competition Law.
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William Kovacic was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the UK Competition and Markets Authority on July 15,2013.
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William Kovacic is a visiting professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College, London.