On The Move: FTC Employees - And Thomas Barnett?
The Deal (via law.com) reports that:
Jeff Schmidt, the top antitrust enforcer at the Federal Trade Commission, is preparing to leave the agency for a job at an international law firm in the next few months, Washington sources said.Antitrust lawyers said Schmidt, a political appointee to the FTC, is expected to leave for Linklaters, a global firm founded in England.
Schmidt, however, said he has made no decision about his future.
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Another FTC senior staffer has confirmed plans to leave the government. Deputy general counsel John Graubert is leaving the agency to join Covington & Burling as a partner in Washington.
At the FTC, Graubert took part in a range of antitrust cases, including mergers.
The article then closes with this juciy tidbit (empahsis added):
Covington’s antitrust practice was home to Assistant Attorney General Tom Barnett before he went to the Department of Justice. Barnett is rumored to be likely to return to private practice.








