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Gail Slater
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division
Presumptive nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentDonald Trump (elect)
SucceedingJonathan Kanter
Personal details
Born1971 or 1972 (age 52–53)
Dublin, Ireland
EducationUniversity of Oxford
University College Dublin
University of Würzburg

Gail Slater (née Conlon; born 1971 or 1972)[1] is an Irish-born American lawyer and political advisor. She is the nominee to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

Early life

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Slater is from Dalkey, Dublin, in Ireland.[1] She attended the University of Oxford and University College Dublin, graduating from the latter in 1997 with a law degree.[2] She also has a degree from University of Würzburg.[3] She moved to the U.S. in 2003 and holds dual citizenship.[4]

Career

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Slater started her career with the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.[2] She focused on antitrust cases and was often sent to the U.S. as a liaison.[2] She met her future husband, Lindsay Slater, on one of her trips to the U.S. and later moved there, leaving her job at Freshfields to become a staff attorney for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2004.[2][5] At the FTC, she worked on several cases for major mergers, including one for Whole Foods Market as well as a case involving the pharmaceutical company Cephalon.[2] In 2011, she became the FTC attorney advisor to commissioner Julie Brill.[1][5]

Slater left the FTC in 2014, to become the vice-president for legal and regulatory policy for the Internet Association, a lobbying group, later becoming general counsel.[2] After four years there, she was appointed in February 2018 to the administration of President Donald Trump as special assistant to the president for technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity.[6] After a year in the Trump administration, Slater left to become the senior vice president for policy and strategy at Fox Corporation.[7] She later became the vice president and general counsel for Roku, Inc.[8]

In 2024, Slater became a policy advisor for vice presidential candidate and later Vice President-elect JD Vance.[9] When Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Slater became an advisor for his transition team on antitrust policy.[10] On December 4, 2024, Trump nominated her to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Burke-Kennedy, Eoin (November 13, 2024). "Irish woman in line for top White House role under Donald Trump". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Whyte, Barry J. (May 5, 2019). "Profile of Gail Slater: Fox's Irish gamekeeper". Business Post – via archive.ph.
  3. ^ "Biographies of Participants" (PDF). Federal Trade Commission. pp. 10–11.
  4. ^ "UCD Law Alumna appointed to White House role". University College Dublin. 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Gail Slater". LegiStorm.
  6. ^ Neidig, Harper (April 25, 2019). "Trump tech adviser joins Fox Corp". The Hill.
  7. ^ Lynch, Suzanne (April 28, 2019). "Dublin woman Gail Slater leaves senior White House role". The Irish Times.
  8. ^ Fung, Brian; Buchwald, Elisabeth (December 4, 2024). "Trump taps crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to lead the SEC and Gail Slater as the new tech antitrust cop". CNN.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b King, Cecilia (December 4, 2024). "Trump to Nominate Gail Slater to Head Justice Department's Antitrust Efforts". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Nylen, Leah; Sisco, Josh (November 11, 2024). "Irish woman in line for top role in Donald Trump's administration". Irish Examiner – via archive.ph.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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