Christine A. Varney is an American lawyer lobbyist, and internet policy expert who served as personnel counsel for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. She now serves as Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice.
Varney served in the Clinton Administration as a Federal Trade Commissioner October 17, 1994 - August 5, 1997, and previously as Secretary to the Cabinet. Until her appointment as an assistant Att...
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Christine A. Varney is an American lawyer lobbyist, and internet policy expert who served as personnel counsel for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. She now serves as Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice.
Varney served in the Clinton Administration as a Federal Trade Commissioner October 17, 1994 - August 5, 1997, and previously as Secretary to the Cabinet. Until her appointment as an assistant Attorney General, she was a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm Hogan and Hartson, where she led the internet practice group. Varney joined the Clinton Administration at its inception, after serving as general counsel to the Democratic National Committee (1989 to 1992), chief counsel to the Clinton/Gore Campaign, and general counsel to the 1992 Presidential Inaugural Committee. As Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Cabinet, she acted as a liaison between the White House and cabinet departments. She stated the Clinton...
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