Maneesha Mithal

Maneesha Mithal is Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission's newly formed International Division of Consumer Protection. The new Division has responsibility for combating cross-border fraud, providing international litigation support to staff, providing international technical assistance, and developing U.S. policies to promote consumer confidence in e-commerce. Ms. Mithal's areas of expertise include cross-border fraud, Internet fraud, Internet jurisdiction and alternative dispute resolution for online consumer transactions. She has served on the U.S. delegations of various international organizations, including the OECD Committee on Consumer Policy, the OECD Information, Communications and Computer Policy Committee, the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group, and the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Prior to joining the Federal Trade Commission in 1999, she was an associate at the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling, where she practiced in the commercial litigation, international litigation, and legislative areas. Ms. Mithal earned her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.

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