FTC Names Top Antitrust Officials

(May 14, 1998)  The Federal Trade Commission just announced appointments to two of its top antitrust slots.  Richard G. Parker has been named Senior Deputy Director of the FTC’s antitrust arm, the Bureau of Competition.  Randolph W. Tritell has been named as the FTC’s Assistant Director for International Antitrust.

Parker replaced George S. Cary.  Before joining the FTC,  worked in the Washington D.C. office of the Los Angeles megafirm of O’Melveny & Myers, where he was a partner specializing in antitrust litigation.

Tritell, formerly of the law firm of Weil, Gotshal and Manges, served as Resident Partner in the firm’s Brussels Office from 1992 until 1998.  Previously, he was with the firm’s Trade Regulation Department in New York, practicing antitrust, advertising and marketing and international trade law.

See also, FTC press releases, below.

FOR RELEASE: MAY 12, 1998

RICHARD PARKER NAMED SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ANTITRUST AT FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Richard G. Parker has been named Senior Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust arm, the Bureau of Competition. Parker has extensive experience in antitrust and other litigation matters before both administrative agencies and the courts. In his new role, Parker will oversee merger enforcement for the agency. He fills the opening left by George S. Cary.

"Rich brings to the Commission a wealth of experience both as a manager and as an outstanding litigator," said William J. Baer, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. "His knowledge, expertise and common sense will be invaluable to the Commission as it faces the challenges of mergers in the global economy."

Parker came to the Commission from the Washington D.C. office of the Los Angeles-based firm of O’Melveny & Myers where he was a partner specializing in antitrust litigation. His areas of expertise include the airline, defense, technology and insurance industries. Parker’s major litigation matters have included the Domestic Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, the Insurance Antitrust Litigation, the IBM Peripheral Devices Antitrust Litigation and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System tariff litigation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Parker has been a member of the American Bar Association, Antitrust and Litigation Sections and Chair of the Antitrust Section Annual Meeting, 1996-1998. He started at O’Melveny & Myers as an associate in 1975 and became a partner in 1982. Before working at the law firm, Parker clerked for Judge William Matthew Byrne, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California.

Parker earned a B.A. from the University of California at Davis in 1970 where he was summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and a J.D. in 1974 from the University of California Law School. He resides with his wife Lisa and their two children in Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR RELEASE: MAY 12, 1998

TRITELL NAMED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST

Randolph W. Tritell has been named as the Federal Trade Commission’s Assistant Director for International Antitrust, effective immediately. Tritell, formerly of the law firm of Weil, Gotshal and Manges, LLP, served as Resident Partner in the firm’s Brussels Office from 1992 until 1998. Previously, he was with the firm’s Trade Regulation Department in New York, practicing antitrust, advertising and marketing and international trade law.

Before entering private practice, Tritell worked at the FTC, serving in a variety of capacities, including Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Attorney Advisor to a Commissioner and Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.

In his capacity as the Bureau of Competition’s Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Tritell will coordinate the Federal Trade Commission’s involvement in multilateral arenas such as the OECD (Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development), the WTO (World Trade Organization), and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), continue the agency’s bilateral antitrust cooperation initiatives, and provide support on mergers and other law enforcement actions with an international dimension.

Tritell has taught FTC Law at the New York University School of Law and antitrust law at Ohio Legal Center Institute. He is the author of numerous articles on domestic and international antitrust law.

Tritell earned a B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

Tritell is married to the former Harriet Queller. They have two children, Jordan, aged six, and Alexander, aged four, and reside in Bethesda, Maryland.