Steven P. Croley

Steven Paul Croley[1] is an American lawyer, Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel of Ford Motor Company[2] and the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor (on leave since 2010). His practice areas include law reform, legal policy, regulation, oversight, and political law, with special emphasis on energy and the environment. His academic research and writing focus on administrative law, civil procedure, good government, and regulatory policy.[3]

Croley joined Latham & Watkins in 2017, following seven years holding senior positions in the Obama administration. He was sworn in as general counsel of the United States Department of Energy on May 21, 2014 (having been nominated on August 1, 2013), and served in that role till January 19, 2017.[4][5] Prior to joining the Department of Energy, he served in the Office of White House Counsel. From 2012 to 2014, he served as deputy assistant and deputy counsel to the president for legal policy, and from 2011 to 2012 as senior counsel to the president. He oversaw a legal team handling a wide range of domestic legal issues, including energy. From 2010 to 2011, he served as special assistant to the president for justice & regulatory policy on the White House Domestic Policy Council.[6] On the Domestic Policy Council, Croley had a "broad portfolio including good government and transparency issues, civil rights, food safety, and criminal justice policy."[7]

Croley was also appointed by President Obama to serve as a council member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. He has been described as having "a genius for regulatory law."[7]

  1. ^ PA attorney information: Steven Paul Croley[permanent dead link].
  2. ^ "Steven Croley". media.ford.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Bio: Steven P. Croley, University of Michigan Law School.
  4. ^ "Steven Croley | Department of Energy". energy.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ Prof. Steve Croley Confirmed as General Counsel of Energy Department, University of Michigan Law School.
  6. ^ White House salaries, 2012 (data compiled by The Los Angeles Times); White House Counsel Brings in New Staff, Legal Times (August 17, 2011); Channing Turner, White House Counsel Gets New Staff Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine (Aug. 17, 2011 6:12 P.M.); Prof. Steve Croley in new role at White House, University of Michigan Law School, accessed August 16, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Jason Horowitz, Over a barrel? Meet White House gun policy adviser Steve Croley, Washington Post (April 11, 2011).