Ex-DNC Chair, Labor Secretary Perez Joins Venable as Partner

May 27, 2021, 5:03 PM UTC

Obama-era secretary of labor and former Democratic National Committee chair Thomas Perez has joined Venable’s Washington office as a partner, the firm announced Thursday.

Perez was elected chair of the DNC in 2017 and declined to seek a second term in January. He was previously the U.S. secretary of labor beginning in 2013, and before that he was the Department of Justice’s assistant attorney general and head of its Civil Rights Division.

“I have dedicated my career to fair and effective law enforcement and enacting meaningful changes on public policy issues,” Perez said in a statement. “Venable’s attorneys are at ...

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