Mark Meador

Mark Ross Meador (born March 16, 1985) is an American lawyer serving since April 2025 as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.

Early life Meador was born on March 16, 1985, in Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and from the University of Houston Law Center in 2011 with a Juris Doctor degree. Meador, a Republican, is a member of the Federalist Society.

Career Meador focuses on antitrust law, having gained an interest from a class he took at Houston. From 2016 to 2019, Meador was in private practice at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Meador joined the United States Department of Justice in 2019 as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division, where he served two years. He then joined the office of Utah U.S. Senator Mike Lee, where he held the position of Deputy Chief Counsel for Antitrust and Competition Policy. He worked for Lee, the minority leader of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, until 2023.

Bloomberg Law has described Meador as "a pro-enforcement, populist Republican, particularly when it comes to the technology industry."