Leonard L. Gordon

Leonard L. Gordon serves as the Director of the Northeast Regional Office of the Federal Trade Commission, where he supervises the investigation and litigation of both consumer protection and antitrust matters. Mr. Gordon joined the FTC in 2005 as a senior attorney, and, since joining the agency, he has led numerous antitrust and consumer protection investigations. He became the Assistant Director in August 2007 and the Director in March 2008. Mr. Gordon also regularly speaks to legal, business and consumer groups on both antitrust and consumer protection topics. Mr. Gordon joined the FTC after 17 years as an associate and then a partner with the firm now known as DLA Piper, where his practice focused on antitrust, business tort and general business litigation and counseling. Mr. Gordon graduated from the George Washington University Law School with honors in 1988.