Before joining George Washington University Law School in 1999, Professor Kovacic was the George Mason University Foundation Professor at the George Mason University School of Law. From January 2006 to October 2011, he was a member of the Federal Trade Commission and chaired the agency from March 2008 to March 2009. He was the FTC’s General Counsel from June 2001 to December 2004. In 2011 he received the FTC’s Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime Achievement. From August 2013 to March 2022, Professor Kovacic served as a Non-Executive Director with the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority. From January 2009 to September 2011, he was Vice-Chair for Outreach for the International Competition Network. He has advised many countries and international organizations on antitrust, consumer protection, government contracts, and the design of regulatory institutions. At GW, Professor Kovacic has taught antitrust, contracts, and government contracts. He is co-editor (with Ariel Ezrachi) of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. Professor Kovacic graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 1974, and received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1978 where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is a co-editor of the Global Dictionary of Competition Law, to be published by Concurrences.
In order to honor William E. Kovacic, Concurrences has published a Liber Amicorum Tribute, William E. Kovacic: An Antitrust Tribute (Vol. I & II).
2022 Awards
2021 Awards
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Antitrust’s implementation blind side: Challenges to major expansion of U.S. competition policyThe Antitrust Bulletin, Alison Jones and William E. Kovacic, 2020, Volume 65, Issue 2
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Competition policy and the global economy: Current developments and issues for reflectionThe George Washington Law Review, Robert D. Anderson, William E. Kovacic, Anna Caroline Muller, Antonella Salgueiro and Nadezhda Sporysheva, December 30, 2020, Volume 88, Issue 6
2020 Awards
Distinctions
Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Intellectual Property
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Cross-border issues
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust
Nominee, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic Awards, Concerted Practices
Nominee, 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust
Winner, 2017 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust
Nominee, 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust
Nominee, 2015 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust



