Andrew Smith, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection — FTC Biography

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Biography of Andrew Smith from the Federal Trade Commission website, headed Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection. It says he came to the FTC as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection from the law firm of Covington & Burling, where he co-chaired the financial services practice group, and that earlier he was an FTC staff attorney who led the agency's efforts to make several rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It notes that he chaired the American Bar Association's Consumer Financial Services Committee and holds a bachelor's degree in history from Williams College and a J.D. from William & Mary Law School. The page lists his speeches, articles and statements from July 2018 to December 2020, including the FTC's prepared statement to a Senate subcommittee on consumer protection issues arising from the coronavirus pandemic (July 2020).

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Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection

Biography

Andrew Smith is Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. He came to the FTC from the law firm of Covington & Burling, where he co-chaired the financial services practice group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith was a staff attorney at the FTC, where he led the agency’s efforts to make several rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Mr. Smith has written extensively on consumer protection and financial services issues, served as the Chair of the American Bar Association's Consumer Financial Services Committee, and is a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Williams College, and a J.D. from William & Mary Law School, where he served as Professional Articles Editor of the William & Mary Law Review.

Speeches, Articles, and Statements

Chairman Joseph Simons and BCP Director Andrew Smith feature in The Antitrust Source “Consumer Protection Enforcement: Taking It Up a Notch” (December 2020)

Opening Remarks of Andrew Smith at Data To Go: An FTC Workshop on Data Portability (September 2020)

Prepared Statement by the Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Protection Issues Arising from the Coronavirus Pandemic – Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection (July 2020)

Remarks of Andrew Smith on Retina-X Studios, LLC Press Call (October 2019)

Statement of Andrew Smith, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, at Operation Call It Quits Press Conference – FTC Operation Call It Quits Press Conference (June 2019)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Before the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the Oversight and Reform Committee, United States House of Representatives (March 2019)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate (March 2019)

Opening Remarks of Andrew Smith at the FTC's Hearing on Data Security – 9th session in the Commission's Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century (December 2018)

Keynote Remarks of Andrew Smith at the National Advertising Division 2018 Annual Conference – National Advertising Division Annual Conference (September 2018)

Prepared Statement of the Commission On FTC Enforcement of Operation Chokepoint-Related Businesses, Before the Subcommittees on National Security and Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives (July 2018)

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