Howard Shelanski (born 1964) is an American attorney, economist, and legal scholar. He is a professor of law at

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and a partner in the law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell. He served in the Obama administration as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), part of the

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Early life and education

Howard Shelanski was born in

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. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College in 1986, his Juris Doctor from the

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in 1992, and his Ph.D. in economics from

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in 1993.

Career

After graduating from law school Shelanski clerked for Judge

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of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge

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of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, and Justice Antonin Scalia of the

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. He practiced law with the Washington, D.C. firm of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans until 1997. He joined the Berkeley faculty in 1997, where he remained until moving to

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in 2011. Shelanski's teaching and research have focused on antitrust and regulation. Shelanski was senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers from 1998 to 1999, chief economist of the

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from 1999 to 2000, deputy director from 2009 to 2011, and director Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics from 2012 to 2013. President Obama nominated Shelanski to be administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on April 25, 2013, and he was confirmed to the post on June 27, 2013. He left office on January 20, 2017.

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Early life and education

Career

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