Gephardt joins DLA Piper

Former Congressman Gephardt joins DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP. He will be located in the Washington, DC office.

Gephardt joins DLA Piper’s powerful Government Affairs practice group which includes two other former Congressional leaders -- Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell and House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey. Mitchell also serves as the non-executive chairman of the firm’s global board. The group also includes former Michigan governor and U.S. ambassador to Canada James J. Blanchard, former Washington Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn, and Office of the United States Trade Representative general counsel John K. Veroneau. Leading the Government Affairs group is Thomas F. O’Neil III, former senior vice president and general counsel of the MCI Group and a former federal prosecutor and legislative assistant to a congressman.

What Gephardt also did:

-Created a strategic consulting firm, Gephardt & Associates, that will offer assistance to clients on a variety of issues.
-The investment firm of Goldman Sachs, where Gephardt will serve as a consultant specializing in pensions and investments.
--- U.S. Steel, which Gephardt joined a couple months ago as a member of the board.

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