Public/Government Service
As befits a law firm that has been home to such legal giants as Joseph Welch, Lloyd Cutler, John Pickering and James St. Clair, public service is at the very heart of who we are as people and as a law firm. Whether serving as counsel to the US Army during the Army/McCarthy hearings, as White House counsel to three presidents, as personal counsel for a President or as a member of the 9/11 Commission, our lawyers have been privileged to serve our country at the very highest levels during critical times in our nation’s history.
This vibrant and longstanding tradition of public service lives on today. Many of our current colleagues have spent time in leadership positions in government, law enforcement and regulatory agencies. The breadth of this experience is truly a uniquely distinguishing aspect of our law firm and includes, among other positions, service as:
- Solicitor General of the US
- US Trade Ambassador
- Special Assistant and Associate White House Counsel
- Deputy Attorney General, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General
- General Counsels of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy, the US Treasury Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Communications Commission
- Directors of Market Regulation and Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Our commitment to this ideal does not end once a lawyer joins our firm. Many of our lawyers continue to answer the call to public service throughout their legal careers. We fully support and encourage our colleagues in these efforts and both actively seek their return and to attract new colleagues as they exit public service.
One of Washington's best-known litigators, Jamie Gorelick was formerly one of the longest serving Deputy Attorneys General of the United States, the second highest position in the Department of Justice. In that role, she supervised the litigation and law enforcement divisions of the Department, including the United States Attorneys Offices.
Ms. Gorelick has served on numerous government boards and commissions. She was a member of the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "9/11 Commission"). She also was a member of the CIA's National Security Advisory Panel, President Bush's Review of Intelligence Committee and President Clinton's Advisory Committee to the Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (which she co-chaired), among others.