Meador was in the running to be a minority party member on the FTC under President Joe Biden.
Meador is seen as a pro-enforcement, populist Republican, particularly when it comes to the technology industry. He drafted a bill for Lee that would have forced the breakup of Google’s ad tech business, an issue currently being litigated in a DOJ antitrust case.
Early in his career Meador spent about five years working on antitrust cases at the FTC. He later served at the Justice Department’s antitrust division for more than two years before moving to Lee’s office.
In private practice, Meador has advocated for clients with issues against larger competitors, including work for conservative social media platforms like Rumble.
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Earlier Tuesday, Trump selected Andrew Ferguson, a Republican member of the FTC, to serve as the agency’s chair, a politically charged role currently held by Lina Khan.
