Profile: Jonathan M Orszag

Competition Economists

Biography: Competition Economists

Jonathan Orszag is a senior managing director at Compass Lexecon and a member of the firm's executive committee. As a consultant, Orszag has conducted economic and financial analysis on a wide range of complex issues in antitrust, regulatory, policy, and litigation matters for corporations and public-sector entities. These engagements have involved a wide array of mergers and other economic matters in various markets, such as the sports, media, telecommunications, financial services, and high-tech industries. He has testified before US and international courts and administrative agencies and the European Court of First Instance on competition policy issues.

In 2004, Orszag was named by Global Competition Review as the youngest member of "the world's 40 brightest young antitrust lawyers and economists" in its '40 under 40' survey. In 2006, Global Competition Review named Orszag as one of the world's 'Best Young Competition Economists.'

Before entering the private sector, Orszag served as the assistant to the US secretary of commerce and director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning and as an economic policy adviser on President Clinton's National Economic Council.

Orszag is a Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center for Communication Law & Policy. Orszag received a MSc from Oxford University, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar. He graduated summa cum laude in economics from Princeton University, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team.