Thurgood Marshall, Jr. is an American lawyer and son of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He worked in the Clinton White House and is currently a partner at the international law firm Bingham McCutchen, LLP and a principal at its lobbying subsidiary, Bingham Consulting. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. The supreme court functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged, in some countries, provinces and states. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Bingham McCutchen LLP, [www. ... The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is an eleven-member board comparable to a board of directors of a private corporation, except in service of the American postal system. ...

Private practice

Bingham McCutchen gained Marshall as a partner when it acquired Swidler Berlin, where he had been a partner since 2001. In addition to counseling clients, Marshall provided internal advice to Swidler Berlin on ethics compliance and corporate governance. He became a managing director of Swidler Berlin's Harbor Group in 2005. [1]. He is now part of Bingham McCutchen’s Government Affairs practice, counseling clients on relations with Congress, the Executive Branch and independent regulatory agencies. He has provided legislative and regulatory counsel on corporate mergers, professional and amateur sports, commercial aviation, utilities and banking regulation, and legal process reforms. [2] 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Government service

Marshall came to Swidler Berlin from the Clinton Administration, where he had served since 1997 as Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Cabinet. In that role, he managed White House relations with the executive departments; his responsibilities included organizing cabinet meetings and briefings, compiling a daily update of cabinet department activities, and coordinating responses to natural and transportation disasters. As vice chair of the White House Olympic Task Force, he coordinated federal government’s preparations for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic and [[|2002 Winter Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]. He was also a member of the Interagency Task Force on U.S. Coast Guard Roles and Missions. [3] 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...

He had previously served, since 2001, as Director of Legislative Affairs and Deputy Counsel to Vice President Al Gore, for whom he had previously worked in the Senate. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

Early in his career, Marshall clerked for United States District Judge Barri D. Parker and then served as a Counsel with the Senate's Judiciary Committee; Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee; and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Personal life and civic involvement

Marshall is currently a senior advisor to AllAmerica PAC, a political organization set up by Senator Evan Bayh, who is seeking the Democratic Presidential nomination. [4] He has been involved with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Marshall Jr., promoting environmental science and other science education. He also volunteers at a local food bank in the Washington, D.C In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ... Birch Evans Evan Bayh III (last name pronounced buy) (born December 26, 1955) is an American politician who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana since 1999 and a former Governor of Indiana. ... National Fish and Wildlife Foundation established in 1984 The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) was established by Congress in 1984 and dedicated to the conservation of fish, wildlife, and plants, and the habitat on which they depend. ...

Marshall earned a Juris Doctor at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981 and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1978. The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ...

Of his father's legacy, Marshall has said "One, he was part of a group of people . . . who all came together at the right time to steer the country on the right course with regard to equality, especially in education," and "I also like to think of his legacy as one of encouraging lawyers of every color to contribute their skills to society." [5]