James Campbell Cooper is the Director of Research and Policy at the Law & Economics Center, and a lecturer in law at George Mason University School of Law. He previously spent several years at the Federal Trade Commission serving as an advisor to Commissioner William E. Kovacic, and Acting Director of the FTC's Office of Policy Planning. Before serving at the FTC, James Campbell Cooper worked in the antitrust group at Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC. His research has appeared in publications including the Antitrust Law Journal, Boston University Law Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Regulatory Economics, and the International Review of Law & Economics. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Emory University and a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law, where he was a Levy Fellow and a member of the George Mason Law Review.