FTC Commissioner Bedoya Names Key Legal Staff

FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya announced some of his legal staff on Wednesday. Aaron Rieke will join as chief of staff. Rieke served as an attorney in the FTC's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection and as fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology before working as managing director at Upturn. Danielle Estrada will work as a consumer protection attorney adviser for Bedoya. Currently working for the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Estrada joined the FTC in 2013. Max Miller will work as an attorney adviser for competition. He worked for the past seven years as assistant attorney general on antitrust and consumer protection issues with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. Catherine Sanchez will also advise Bedoya on competition. She’s worked since 2007 as an attorney in the FTC’s Competition Bureau.