Jeffrey D Knowles

Jeffrey Knowles joined Venable's Washington, DC, office as an equity partner in 1984. He manages Venable's Government Division and heads the firm's Advertising, Marketing and New Media Practice Group. He is also a member of Venable's Executive Committee, Compensation Committee, Partnership Selection Committee and Expansion Committee. He focuses on national television advertising, direct-to-consumer marketing and e-commerce. Mr. Knowles founded and served for thirteen years as general counsel to the Electronic Retailing Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors and past Chairman of the Electronic Retailing Association and past Chair of the association's Government Affairs Committee. He represents clients before the Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Postal Service, state attorneys general, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and self-regulatory bodies such as the Electronic Retailing Self-Regulatory Program and the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. J.D., New York Law School, 1975; B.A., Columbia University, 1971