Edith Ramirez

Edith Ramirez
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
In office March 4, 2013 – February 10, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jon Leibowitz
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
In office April 5, 2010 – September 25, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Deborah Platt Majoras
Personal details
Born	San Clemente, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA, JD)

Edith Ramirez is a former Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, a post she assumed on March 4, 2013. Her term as a Commissioner began on April 5, 2010 and expired on September 25, 2015, but she continued to serve awaiting the appointment of a successor until her resignation effective February 10, 2017.

Prior to joining the Commission, Ramirez was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where she handled a broad range of complex business litigation, including successfully representing clients in intellectual property, antitrust, unfair competition, and Lanham Act (trademark) matters. She has extensive appellate litigation experience.

From 1993-96, she was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, in Los Angeles. She clerked for the Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1992-93. Throughout her career, Ramirez has been active in a variety of professional and community activities. Most recently, she served as the Vice President on the Board of Commissioners for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation's largest municipal utility.

A native of Southern California, she graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude (1992), where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and holds a B.A. in History magna cum laude from Harvard University (1989).

This article uses public domain material from the Federal Trade Commission Website.

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