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The profile
Republican FTC Commissioner during the early pandemic period; left the Commission before the Womply matter and joined Cravath.
Identity and role
Noah Joshua Phillips served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (2018–2022; FTC biography).
Biography / career arc
Steptoe & Johnson and Cravath earlier; chief counsel to Sen. John Cornyn → FTC Commissioner (2018) → Cravath, Swaine & Moore partner (antitrust), 2022 (FTC biography; Cravath profile; Federalist Society bio).
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
He left the FTC in October 2022 (FTC biography), before the 2024 Womply and Biz2Credit complaints.
Phillips served during the Commission's early COVID-era consumer-protection work but did not vote on the 2024 Womply or Biz2Credit complaints or the PPP-fintech settlements brought under Chair Lina Khan.
Cravath's profile says Phillips is Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice and advises on mergers, business conduct, compliance, litigation, investigations, consumer protection, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and data privacy.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
At Cravath, Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice (firm profile capture).
Additional public-record notes
Lobbying & industry ties
No lobbying registrations. Antitrust-defense practice.
Sources held in this archive
Original source documents and archived captures
- Federalist Society, Noah Phillips biography
- Cravath, Noah Joshua Phillips profile
- FTC, Noah Joshua Phillips biography
- FTC COVID-19 topic page
Sources
- FTC, Noah Joshua Phillips biography: FTC, Noah Joshua Phillips biography (original: ftc.gov · stored capture) (link now dead; copy taken from the Internet Archive, 14 March 2026)
- Cravath, Noah Joshua Phillips profile: Cravath, Noah Joshua Phillips profile (original: cravath.com · stored capture)
- Federalist Society, Noah Phillips biography: Federalist Society, Noah Phillips biography (original: fedsoc.org · stored capture)
- FTC COVID-19 topic page: FTC COVID-19 topic page (original: ftc.gov · stored capture)