U.S. Chamber Fills Role of Legal Chief Who Quit to Help Cheney

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has appointed Harold Kim to serve as acting general counsel after the former legal chief left to advise Rep. Liz Cheney on an inquiry into the Capitol Hill attack last year.

A prominent critic of the plaintiffs’ bar, Kim has been president of the chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform since 2020. He’ll serve as interim legal chief while the chamber searches for a permanent general counsel to replace John Wood, who left after more than three years in the top legal post.

Wood joined the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack ...