Bingham ConsultingThurgood Marshall Jr.
Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Principal, Bingham Consulting LLC
Thurgood Marshall Jr. represents clients engaged in public policy. He provides guidance regarding ethics compliance and corporate governance and has developed legislative and regulatory strategies for clients involved in corporate mergers, professional and amateur sports, commercial aviation, utility and banking regulation, pharmaceuticals and legal process reforms. He has also represented numerous witnesses involved in congressional investigations.
Thurgood served in each branch of the federal government. He was a member of the White House senior staff in the Clinton Administration, holding the position of assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary from 1997 to 2001. In that position, he was President Clinton’s liaison between the president and the executive branch agencies. He was a member of the President’s Management Council and the Continuity in Government team and he directed White House responses to natural disasters and transportation emergencies, including commercial aircraft crashes. Thurgood co-chaired the White House Olympic Task Force and coordinated the involvement of the federal government in the preparations for the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Prior to his appointment as Cabinet Secretary, Thurgood was director of legislative affairs and deputy counsel to Vice President Al Gore. He held a position on the Senate leadership staff and played a leading role on a wide range of legislative priorities throughout the first term of the Clinton administration. Before that, he was counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, as well as the Governmental Affairs Committee. He worked extensively on legislative initiatives ranging from antitrust, criminal procedure, corporate crime, insurance, intellectual property and telecommunications, to consumer protection, transportation safety and product liability.
Thurgood began his legal career as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Barrington D. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, working on a full docket of cases, including United States v. B&O Railroad and United States v. Hinckley.
He serves on the boards of Corrections Corporation of America, Ethics Resource Center and the Ford Foundation and was appointed by President George W. Bush on the recommendation of Senator Harry Reid to serve as a member of the board of governors of the United States Postal Service where he currently serves as chairman.
- Co-author, “The Biggest Lie About Democrats,” Politico (Dec. 4, 2011)
- Co-author, “Looking Back to Make a More Ethical Future,” The Hill, an article about the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (Nov. 10, 2011)
- Chapter author, “The White House”, The Presidential Transition, Getting it Done: A Guide For Government Executives By The IBM Center for The Business Of Government (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2009)
- Co-author, The Federal Sentencing Guidelines For Organizations, “Looking Back To Make A More Ethical Future,” The Hill, (Nov. 10, 2011)
- Panelist, “Clinton-Gore Economics: Understanding the Lessons of the 1990s,” Georgetown University (Oct. 28, 2011)
- Panelist, “Agent of Change: The Impact of Eisenhower’s Civil Rights Legacy,” Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum (Sept. 24, 2011)
- The Nomination of Elena Kagan, “Putting My Father On Trial,” The Washington Post (July 2, 2010)
- Confirmation Hearing Testimony, United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (Nov. 14, 2006)
- Witness Testimony, Hearings on the Management of the United States Olympic Committee, United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation (Jan. 28, 2003)
- Leading lawyer in Government Affairs Law, The Best Lawyers in America (2008 – 2009, 2011 – 2012)
- Secretary of Transportation’s Award for Outstanding Public Service
- United States Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award
- Federal Government Meritorious Service Medal
- Named one of Washington’s top lawyers (Campaigns & Elections), Washingtonian
- Named one of the 100 people to watch in the new century, Newsweek
- Named on the “Best Lawyers List,” The Washington Post Magazine (2007)
- American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Election Law Advisory Commission
- National Bar Association
- Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- University of Virginia School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1981
- University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts, 1978