Charles James
 Charles James    (lawyer, businessman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 2, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University, George Washington University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Revolving door lawyer for big oil. Attended Bilderberg 2002.
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Charles Albert James[1] is an American attorney specializing in antitrust law, where he is one of the few African Americans in the field.[2]
James was Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the United States Department of Justice from 2001 to 2002.[3] At the time Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. merged to create the world's fourth-largest investor-owned oil company, known as Chevron-Texaco.[4] In 2002, James quit government and became vice president and general counsel of Chevron-Texaco, with a base salary of $475,000 per year (in 2002 dollars).[5]
Early life and education
James was born in Newark, New Jersey, where he attended Union High School.[3] He earned his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in 1976 and his J.D. degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University in 1979.[6]
Career
From 1979 to 1985, James worked for the Federal Trade Commission, serving as Assistant to the Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition from 1983 to 1985. He entered private practice in 1985, joining Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He returned to the federal government in 1989 during the George H. W. Bush administration, serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Antitrust Division. He was Acting Assistant Attorney General for several months in 1992. James returned to Jones Day in 1992, where he practiced law until his confirmation as Assistant Attorney General on June 14, 2001.[6][7]
In 2002, James re-entered private practice, serving as vice president and general counsel of Chevron-Texaco. He was made executive vice president in 2009.[8] He retired in 2010, joining the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU as an adjunct professor specializing in antitrust.[9]
Since 2010, he has been an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2002 | 30 May 2002 | 2 June 2002 | US Virginia Chantilly Westfields Marriott | The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia. |
References
- ↑ Who's Who in American Law (2009) Marquis. 16th edition. New Providence, New Jersey.
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2001-04-01/a-long-way-from-tokenism
- ↑ a b https://asunow.asu.edu/content/morris-lecture-feature-attorney-charles-james
- ↑ https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/THE-CHEVRON-TEXACO-MERGER-An-oil-giant-2870161.php
- ↑ https://corporate.findlaw.com/contracts/compensation/employment-agreement-with-charles-a-james-chevron.html
- ↑ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20080126114309/http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/jamesbio.htm
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2001-08-02/a-chat-with-justices-charles-james
- ↑ https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Charles-James-defends-Chevron-around-the-world-3231770.php
- ↑ https://www.chevron.com/stories/executive-vice-president-charles-ajamesto-leave-chevron
