united state government Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel B. Maffei introduced Phillip C. “Chris” Hughey has actually been employed as the General Counsel of the Federal Maritime Commission and also selected to be a participant of the Senior Executive Service.
In his ability as General Counsel to the Commission, Hughey will certainly supply lawful recommendations and also suggestions to the Chairman and also Commissioners on regulative and also plan issues. He will certainly act as a participant of the company’s elderly monitoring group and also will certainly additionally be in charge of monitoring the job of lawyers appointed to the Office of the General Counsel.
Hughey started his job in civil service in 1997 as a lawyer in the Office of the General Counsel at the FMC, and also later on functioned as the Commission’s Deputy General Counsel.In 2007, he signed up with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as its Deputy General Counsel, and also was assigned as the FEC’s Acting General Counsel from August 2010 to September 2011. Hughey presumes his brand-new duty at the FMC complying with a ten-year job in the united state Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer, where his posts consisted of Brazil, Kuwait, and also Madagascar.
“We are fortunate to have Chris Hughey join the Commission as the General Counsel. His prior FMC experience and litigation background is valuable. He is uniquely qualified to assume these duties and my colleagues and I will benefit from his legal counsel,” claimed Chairman Maffei.
Hughey has substantial experience as a litigator, having actually suggested situations prior to the Supreme Court of the United States, the UNITED STATE Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia and also Fourth Circuits, and also the UNITED STATE District Court for the Central District of California.
Hughey gained J.D. and also LL.M. levels from Cornell University in 1996, an MPA from Harvard University in 2007, and also a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1993. He is confessed to benches of the State of New York, the UNITED STATE Supreme Court, the UNITED STATE Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and also the UNITED STATE Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.