3 commissioners gain confirmation at FTC
Three members of the Federal Trade Commission were confirmed on Friday.
Two commissioners — Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak — are beginning their first term, while the third — Rebecca Kelly Slaughter — is starting a second term.
Ferguson and Holyoak were nominated on July 11 by President Biden to serve as FTC commissioners. Ferguson’s term will end on Sept. 25, 2030, and Holyoak’s term will end Sept. 25, 2025.
Slaughter was renominated by Biden on Feb. 13, 2023, and her term will end on Sept. 25, 2029.
Ferguson most recently served as solicitor general of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to that position, he served as chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, and as a Republican counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ferguson also practiced law at several Washington, D.C., law firms and clerked for Judge Karen Henderson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Holyoak most recently served as solicitor general with the Utah attorney general’s Office. Before taking on that role, she served as president and general counsel of Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based public interest law firm and in other public interest attorney positions with the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Center for Class Action Fairness.
Slaughter first joined the FTC in May 2018 and served as its acting chair from January 2021 until June 2021. Previously, she served as chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin LLP.
“Congratulations to Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak on their confirmations, and to commissioner Slaughter on her re-confirmation,” FTC chair Lina Khan said in a news release. “I look forward to welcoming Andrew and Melissa to the FTC as we work to vigorously protect Americans from unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive business practices.”