Jeffrey Knowles

 Jeffrey Knowles 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.  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 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.

Mr. Knowles is a member of the Board of Directors and a past Chairman of the Electronic Retailing Association and past Chair of the association's Government Affairs Committee.  He is also an active member of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, the Direct Marketing Association, and the Promotion Marketing Association.  In addition, Mr. Knowles is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia College and a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Law School.  He speaks and writes frequently on advertising, direct marketing and e-commerce issues.