Kevin McCarthy’s Former Chief Counsel Joins Mayer Brown

Kimberly Hamm, once chief counsel to former US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton and US Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, is heading to Mayer Brown in Washington DC.

Hamm, who also previously spent four years in the House’s general counsel office, is joining Mayer Brown as leader of its congressional investigations group, the firm announced Wednesday.

“The firm is really known for complex, difficult, multi-front investigations,” Hamm said in an interview with Bloomberg Law.

As she was looking for her next step, Mayer Brown was a “natural fit” because of that investigations piece, but also ...