Brian Pomper

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Brian Pomper
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Cornell Law School (JD)

Brian Pomper is an American lawyer, political strategist and lobbyist and currently serves as partner with Akin Gump Strauss & Feld. He is regarded an expert on international trade and intellectual property rights. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Pomper obtained a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and subsequently a J.D. from Cornell Law School. He graduated with honors from Massachusetts and magna cum laude from Cornell. [5] [6] [7]

During his time at MIT, Pomper served as staff member of a university magazine and at Cornell, served as Managing Editor of the Cornell International Law Journal. [8]

Career

Early in his career, Pomper served as a law clerk for Sidney R. Thomas and, from 1997 to 2003, at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

From 2003 to 2006, he then served as a staff member of the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee and in 2005 was nominated by Max Baucus to serve as Chief International Trade Counsel. [9] [10] He also served as Staff Director for Baucus. [11]

In 2006, Pomper then founded Parven Pomper Strategies (PPS), a Democratic lobbying firm, together with Scott Parven. The firm was subsequently acquired by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in 2010 and Pomper and his team joined the new firm. [2] [12] Among other clients, Pomper has lobbied for Chevron since 2006. [11] [13] Since 2017, Pomper co-heads the firm's public law and policy practice. [14]

Pomper is considered an expert on international trade issues and is frequently cited in different news outlets as well as speaking at various events. [10] [15] [16] [17] He has also published different pieces in the Wall Street Journal or on blogs like The Hill. [18] [19] [20]

Additional affiliations and memberships

Pomper is a member of the Patent Bar and currently serves as adjunct professor at the George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management. [5]

Since 2009, he also serves as executive director for the Innovation Alliance, "a coalition of research and development-based technology companies" [21] [22] and serves in the same position at Action for Trade, a network of "trade associations and businesses dedicated to shaping U.S. trade policy". [23] [24] [25]

Personal life

Pomper is married and lives in McLean, Virginia, together with his wife Anne Kim and their sons Alexander and Elliot.

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  2. 1 2 Swanson, Ian (2010-03-25). "Akin Gump to buy Dem lobbying shop". The Hill . Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  3. ↑ "French Champagne lobby hires Akin for trade protection — NFL looking for a D.C. middle linebacker, so to speak — Mullin jumps to Uber". Politico . Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  4. ↑ "PDF Doesn't Come Up" (PDF). aftindia.org. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  5. 1 2 "Brian Pomper | Graduate School of Political Management | The George Washington University". gspm.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Crew has mixed result in NY - The Tech". tech.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  7. ↑ www.lawschool.cornell.edu(PDF) https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/alumni/foralumni/classnotes/upload/Summer2003Forum.pdf . Retrieved 2018-12-28.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Pomper staff at MIT Humor Magazine "Voodoo"" (PDF).
  9. ↑ www.govinfo.gov(PDF) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2006-pt18/pdf/CRECB-2006-pt18-Pg23541-2.pdf . Retrieved 2018-12-28.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 1 2 "Baucus Hires Brian Pomper as Chief International Trade Counsel for Senate Finance Committee | The United States Senate Committee on Finance". www.finance.senate.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  11. 1 2 Shan, Han (2010-03-18). "Oil Giant Chevron Accused of "Extortion" on Capitol Hill". HuffPost . Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  12. ↑ "Akin Gump Acquires Parven Pomper Strategies, Expands Policy Practice". Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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