Christine A. Varney

Christine Varney
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division
In office
April 20, 2009  August 4, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byThomas O. Barnett
Succeeded byWilliam Baer (2013)
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
In office
October 17, 1994  August 5, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byDennis Yao
Succeeded byMozelle W. Thompson
White House Cabinet Secretary
In office
January 20, 1993  October 14, 1994
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byDaniel Casse
Succeeded byKitty Higgins
Personal details
Born (1955-12-17) December 17, 1955
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseThomas J. "Tom" Graham
Children2
EducationState University of New York, Albany (BA)
Syracuse University (MPA)
Georgetown University (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Christine A. Varney (born December 17, 1955) is an American antitrust attorney who served as the U.S. assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division for the Obama administration and as a Federal Trade commissioner in the Clinton administration. Since August 2011, Varney has been a partner of the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where she chairs the antitrust department.