Arlington, VA., November 1, 2004 – Professor Timothy J. Muris, former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) at the 2004 International Assembly of Better Business Bureaus. Muris is George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law at the GMU School of Law in Arlington, Va. He has been elected to serve a three-year term as a public member of the CBBB’s Board.
CBBB President and CEO Ken Hunter said, “During Tim Muris’s tenure as Chair of the FTC, he created the highly effective National Do Not Call Registry that has allowed millions of consumers to block unwanted telemarketing calls, spearheaded numerous FTC actions to combat fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices and supported new initiatives to help consumers learn how to avoid Internet, identity theft and other frauds. Our Board will value his consumer protection expertise, his enthusiasm for promoting better business practices through effective self-regulation and his knowledge of how government and the private sector can work together effectively to combat fraud in the marketplace.”
Muris’s distinguished career in public service has spanned four decades and includes positions as assistant director of the planning office of the FTC (1974-76), director of the FTC bureau of consumer protection (1981-1983), director of the FTC bureau of competition (1983-85), Chair of the FTC (2001-2004) and three years at the Office of Management and Budget.
A respected legal scholar, Timothy Muris has written widely on antitrust, consumer protection and regulatory issues. In addition to serving as George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, Muris is Of Counsel at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, DC.
Muris first joined GMU School of Law in 1988 and was interim dean of the law school from 1996-1997.
He graduated with high honors from San Diego State University and received his J.D. from UCLA in 1974.
The Council of Better Business Bureaus has more than 280 leading-edge national corporate members and serves as the umbrella organization (www.bbb.org) for the Better Business Bureaus in the U.S. and Canada, which are supported by over 300,000 business members throughout North America. The BBB is dedicated to fostering fair and honest relationships between businesses and consumers, instilling consumer confidence and contributing to an ethical business environment, in both the traditional and online marketplaces.
