Bill Erxleben
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Biography
Bill Erxleben is a former Washington State assistant attorney general, executive assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, and Seattle Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). For his service at the Fede.... more
Biography
Bill Erxleben is a former Washington State assistant attorney general, executive assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, and Seattle Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). For his service at the Federal Trade commission he was given the “Award for Distinguished Service,” the agency’s highest honor.
An award-winning teacher, Erxleben taught at the University of Washington’s Graduate School of Business. In private law practice he was a partner in two leading Seattle law firms, Foster Pepper and Lane Powell. He served as president and CEO of Redmond, Washington, headquartered, Data I/O Corporation, a Nasdaq listed technology-company and as Chairman of the Board of Advanced Digital Systems, a privately held Bellevue, Washington, technology start-up.
As a citizen activist he served as co-chair and board member of several environmental and governmental watchdog organizations, and co-chair of a 1982 Washington State recycling initiative, Initiative 61(the “bottle bill”) and co-chair of Port-Watch a citizens oversight group for the Port of Seattle. Currently, Erxleben serves as co-founder and co-chair of Newcastle Watchdog, a citizens group promoting good government.
Bill Erxleben is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) and Stanford Law School, where he was a guest lecturer. Nominated by the FTC, he attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Sloan Executive Fellow.
Bill Erxleben has appeared before state legislatures and the U.S. Congress, and federal and state courts, as an expert on consumer protection, environmental matters, and administrative reform. He has published law review articles and been a contributing opinion writer on public policy issues with Puget Sound area newspapers.