Government Experience
United States Government
Executive Office of the President (11)
THE WHITE HOUSE
Paul R. Eckert – Special Assistant to President George W. Bush – Associate White House Counsel
Ambassador Robert M. Kimmitt – Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs – Executive Secretary, National Security Council – General Counsel, National Security Council
Michael J. Leotta – Deputy Associate White House Counsel
Benjamin A. Powell – Special Assistant to the President – Associate White House Counsel
Nicole Rabner – Special Assistant for Domestic Policy to President William J. Clinton – Senior Advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton
Blake Roberts – Associate White House Counsel
Jonathan R. Yarowsky – Special Counsel to President William J. Clinton
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Rob Lehman
Attorney Advertising – Chief of Staff
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Rob Lehman – Chief of Staff
Robert T. Novick – General Counsel – Counselor to the US Trade Representative
David J. Ross – Associate General Counsel
Department of Commerce (3) Jeffrey I. Kessler – Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance
David J. Ross – Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel for Import Administration
US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Arthur J. Gajarsa – Patent Examiner
Special Investigations: Independent Counsel to the Federal Government (2) William F. Lee – Associate Counsel to Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh, Iran-Contra investigation
Roger M. Witten – Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force
Central Intelligence Agency (1) Stephen W. Preston – General Counsel
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2) Paul M. Architzel – Chief Counsel, Division of Economic Analysis
WilmerHale | Government Experience 2 Petal P. Walker – Chief Counsel to the Commissioner
Department of Defense (6) Stephen W. Preston – General Counsel of the Department of Defense – General Counsel of the Navy
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
Rachel Jacobson – Deputy General Counsel, Environment, Energy and Installations
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Jamie Gorelick – General Counsel
Benjamin Neaderland – Foreign Affairs Specialist, Office of European and NATO Policy
David W. Ogden – Deputy General Counsel – Legal Counsel
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
Arthur J. Gajarsa – USAF JLE
Department of Energy (1) Jamie Gorelick – Assistant to the Secretary and Counsel to the Deputy Secretary
Department of Justice (52) Boyd Johnson – Deputy US Attorney, Southern District of New York – Chief, Public Corruption Unit, Southern District of New York – Chief, International Narcotics Trafficking Unit, Southern District of New York
Robert S. Mueller III – Acting Deputy Attorney General
WilmerHale | Government Experience 3 – US Attorney, Northern District of California – Assistant US Attorney, District of Massachusetts – Senior Litigator, Homicide Section, District of Columbia US Attorney’s Office
ANTITRUST DIVISION
David Gringer – Trial Attorney
Heather S. Nyong’o – Trial Attorney, San Francisco Field Office
CIVIL DIVISION
Rachel Jacobson – Honors Program Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch
David W. Ogden – Assistant Attorney General
Stephen W. Preston – Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Staff
CRIMINAL DIVISION
Christopher Cestaro – Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit
Justin Goodyear – Trial AttorneyFraud Section, Securities and FCPA Units
Robert D. Keefe – Attorney
Matthew T. Martens – Counsel – Deputy Chief of Staff – Chief of Staff
Robert S. Mueller III – Assistant Attorney General – Chief
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION
Rachel Jacobson – Supervisor/Trial Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WilmerHale | Government Experience 4 Robert S. Mueller III – Director
Howard M. Shapiro – General Counsel
Aaron M. Zebley – Chief of Staff – Deputy Chief of Staff – Special Counsel to the Director – Special Agent, Counterterrorism Division
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
Jason C. Chipman – Counsel for National Security Law and Policy
Edward C. O’Callaghan – Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Acting Assistant Attorney General
Aaron M. Zebley – Senior Counselor
OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL
Kelly P. Dunbar – Attorney Advisor
David Lehn – Attorney Advisor
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
David W. Ogden – Chief of Staff and Counselor to Attorney General Janet Reno
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Jason C. Chipman – Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General
Jamie Gorelick – Deputy Attorney General
Edward C. O’Callaghan – Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, Acting Deputy Attorney General
David W. Ogden – Deputy Attorney General – Associate Deputy Attorney General
WilmerHale | Government Experience 5 Seth P. Waxman – Acting Deputy Attorney General
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
Louis R. Cohen – Deputy Solicitor General
Seth P. Waxman – Solicitor General of the United States – Acting Solicitor General – Principal Deputy Solicitor General
SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE
Robert S. Mueller III – Special Counsel
James L. Quarles – Assistant Special Counsel
Aaron M. Zebley – Deputy Special Counsel
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Mark D. Flanagan – Assistant US Attorney, Public Corruption and Government Fraud Unit, Los Angeles, California
Brent J. Gurney – Assistant US Attorney and Deputy Chief, Southern Division, District of Maryland
Jay Holtmeier – Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York
Matt Jones – Counsel and Chief of Staff, US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Michael J. Leotta – Assistant US Attorney, District of Maryland
Ronald C. Machen – US Attorney, District of Columbia
David C. Marcus – Executive Assistant US Attorney, Los Angeles, California – Assistant US Attorney, Los Angeles, California
Matthew T. Martens – Deputy Criminal Chief and Assistant US Attorney, Western District of North Carolina
WilmerHale | Government Experience 6 Brendan R. McGuire – Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York – Chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, Southern District of New York – Chief, Public Corruption Unit, Southern District of New York
Peter G. Neiman – Assistant US Attorney and Deputy Chief, Southern District of New York
Edward C. O’Callaghan – Co-Chief, Terrorism and National Security Unit and Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
Whitney Russell – Assistant United States Attorney, The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia – Special Assistant United States Attorney, The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Anjan Sahni – Chief, Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, Co-Chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, Southern District of New York
Emily R. Schulman – Assistant US Attorney, District of Massachusetts
Howard M. Shapiro – Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York
Thomas L. Strickland – US Attorney, District of Colorado
George P. Varghese – Assistant United States Attorney, The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts – Assistant United States Attorney, The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
John F. Walsh – US Attorney, District of Colorado
Aaron M. Zebley – Assistant US Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia - National Security and Terrorism Unit
WATERGATE SPECIAL PROSECUTIONS OFFICE
James L. Quarles – Assistant Special Prosecutor
Department of State (4) David W. Bowker
WilmerHale | Government Experience 7 – Attorney-Adviser for Political-Military Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser
Ambassador Robert M. Kimmitt – US Ambassador to Germany – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Marik A. String – Acting Legal Adviser – Acting Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs – Senior Adviser to Deputy Secretary of State
Erik F. Swabb – Special Adviser to the Legal Adviser of the Department of State
Department of the Interior (6) Michael Connor – Deputy Secretary
Arthur J. Gajarsa – Special Counsel – Assistant to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Rachel Jacobson – Acting Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks – Principal Deputy Solicitor
Thomas L. Strickland – Chief of Staff to the Secretary – Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Michael Connor – Commissioner
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS OFFICE
Michael Connor – Director
Department of the Treasury (7) Jonathan Blum – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs (Banking and Finance)
Michael Dawson – Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Advisor
WilmerHale | Government Experience 8 Ambassador Robert M. Kimmitt – Deputy Secretary – General Counsel
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
April M. Elliott – Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary
OFFICE OF TERRORIST FINANCING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
Zachary Goldman – Policy Advisor, 2009—2011
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
Franca Harris Gutierrez – Attorney
TAX POLICY
Amy A. Null – Attorney Advisor
Federal Commissions and Task Forces (1) Jamie Gorelick – Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Threats Upon the United States
Federal Judicial Branch (1) Arthur J. Gajarsa – Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Federal Legislative Branch (12)
US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Patrick J. Carome – Staff Counsel, House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions in Iran
WilmerHale | Government Experience 9 Perry A. Lange – Legislative Director, Congressman John F. Tierney (D-MA)
Rob Lehman – Senior Leadership Aide
Jonathan R. Yarowsky – General Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary – Chief Counsel, Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law
US SENATE
Debo P. Adegbile – Senior Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary
Michael Connor – Counsel, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Douglas W. Gates – Counsel, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Perry A. Lange – Legislative Assistant, Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Rob Lehman – Chief of Staff, Senator Rob Portman, Ohio
David J. Ross – Counsel, Committee on Finance
Marik A. String – Deputy Chief Counsel and Senior Professional Staff Member for European and Eurasian Affairs, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Erik F. Swabb – General Counsel, Committee on Armed Services
State and Local Government (10) Michael G. Bongiorno – Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Vinita Ferrera – Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Daniel W. Halston – Assistant Attorney General, Massachusetts Attorney General
Stephen A. Jonas – Deputy Attorney General, Massachusetts – Chief of Public Protection Bureau, Massachusetts’s Attorney General's Office
WilmerHale | Government Experience 10 William F. Lee – Special Assistant to the Massachusetts Attorney General
Brian K. Mahanna – Chief of Staff and Deputy Attorney General, New York – Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Office of the Mayor of New York City
David C. Marcus – Assistant Attorney General, Massachusetts
James W. Prendergast – Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Andrea J. Robinson – Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Mark D. Selwyn – Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (1) Benjamin A. Powell – General Counsel
US Commission on Civil Rights (1) Debo P. Adegbile – Commissioner
Securities and Exchange Commission (19)
DIVISION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Amy R. Doberman – Assistant Chief Counsel
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
Tracey E. Aronson – Chief of Staff – Counselor to the Chairman – Director of Legislative Affairs
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS
Andre E. Owens
WilmerHale | Government Experience 11 – Counsel to the Commissioner
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
Tracey E. Aronson – Counsel
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
Tracey E. Aronson – Special Trial Counsel
Mark D. Cahn – General Counsel – Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Adjudication
Andre E. Owens – Senior Counsel
Harry J. Weiss – Special Trial Counsel
DIVISION OF ENFORCEMENT
Tracey E. Aronson – Special Counsel
Stephanie Avakian – Director
Amy R. Doberman – Attorney
Lorraine B. Echavarria – Associate Regional Director, Los Angeles Regional Office
Matthew T. Martens – Chief Litigation Counsel
William R. McLucas – Director
Bruce H. Newman – Branch Chief
Harry J. Weiss – Branch Chief – Assistant Director – Associate Director
DIVISION OF CORPORATION FINANCE
WilmerHale | Government Experience 12 Lillian Brown – Senior Special Counsel to the Director – Special Counsel, Office of Mergers and Acquisitions – Attorney Advisor, Disclosure Operations
Meredith B. Cross – Director – Deputy Director – Associate Director – Chief Counsel – Deputy Chief Counsel
Knute J. Salhus – Special Counsel
European Government
New Zealand Government (1)
CROWN LAW OFFICE
Elliott Couper – Assistant Crown Counsel
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