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John Graubert has more than 30 years of experience in a wide
range of complex antitrust and consumer law matters. John came to the firm
after serving for ten years as Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Federal
Trade Commission. John is co-chair of the firm’s Advertising and Consumer
Protection practice group, an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University
Law Center, and a vice-chair of the Federal Civil Enforcement Committee of the
ABA Antitrust Section.
From 1998-2008, John served as Principal Deputy General
Counsel (including several stints as Acting General Counsel) at the Federal
Trade Commission. In that position John managed all litigation, legal
counsel, policy studies, and administrative functions within the Office of
General Counsel. He also advised the Commission and agency staff on antitrust
and consumer protection matters and administrative law. He was involved in
dozens of litigated matters for the Commission, including FTC v.
Swedish Match, et al. (D.D.C. 2000) and FTC v. Schering-Plough, et
al. (11th Cir. 2005), and received the A. Leon Higginbotham Award and the
Award for Distinguished Service.
Laura Kim draws upon her experience in senior positions at
the Federal Trade Commission to advise clients across industries on complex
advertising, privacy, and data security matters. She provides practical
compliance advice and represents clients in FTC and State AG investigations.
Laura advises on a wide range of consumer protection issues, including
green claims, influencers, native advertising, claim substantiation, Made in
USA claims, children's privacy, subscription auto-renewal marketing, and other
digital advertising matters. In addition, Laura actively practices before
the NAD, including recent successful resolution of matters for both challengers
and advertisers. She co-chairs Covington's Advertising and Consumer Protection
Practice Group and participates in the firm's Internet of Things Initiative.
Laura re-joined Covington after a twelve-year tenure at the
FTC, where she served as Assistant Director in two divisions of the Bureau of
Consumer Protection, as well as Chief of Staff in the Bureau of Consumer
Protection and Attorney Advisor to former Chairman William E. Kovacic. She
worked on key FTC Rules and Guides such as the Green Guides, Jewelry Guides,
and the Telemarketing Sales Rule. She supervised these and other rule making
proceedings and oversaw dozens of the Commission’s investigations and
enforcement actions involving compliance with these rules. Laura also
supervised compliance monitoring for companies under federal court or
Commission order.
David Spangler leads the association’s team of eight across
legal, government affairs, and policy functions. He has particular expertise in
regulatory matters.
Spangler joined CHPA in 1984 as a legislative analyst. He
subsequently served in a number of roles for the association in the president's
office, project management, international affairs, and, after completing law
school in 1995, the association's legal department. Spangler was named a vice
president in 1997, and a senior vice president in 2006. His responsibilities
were expanded to his current role in 2019.
Spangler is a member of the District of Columbia Bar as well
as the American Society of Association Executives. He authored the chapter on
OTC medicines in "Modern Pharmaceutical Industry: A Primer" (Jacobsen
and Wertheimer, eds., 2009) and has served on a range of committees and working
groups for the Food and Drug Law Institute and the Global Self-Care
Federation. Spangler earned his
Certificate in Organizational Management in 1991 from the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce's Institute for Organization Management.