Christopher Cox

Bingham McCutchen, Partner
Bingham Consulting Group, Principal

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  • Orange County

Chris Cox is a partner at Bingham and a principal of Bingham Consulting Group. He also serves on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C.

He has been chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, the fifth-ranking elected leader in the House, and a 17-year member of Congress from California. 

He began his Washington career as a White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan, after serving as a partner in the international law firm of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles and Orange County. In addition, Chris has taught corporate and individual income tax at Harvard Business School.

While in Congress, Chris worked with CEOs and boards of directors of virtually every Orange County public company and business as well as the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to assist in job creation and growth. He also served as chairman of the Task Force on Capital Markets and chairman of the Task Force on Budget Process Reform.

As a member of the House, in addition to his role as chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Chris was chairman of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Financial Services Committee. For 10 years he served as chairman of the House Policy Committee. In each of these capacities he was responsible for significant legislation, including the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Support for Eastern European Democracy Act.

AWARDS AND HONORS
ADMISSIONS
  • Admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia
EDUCATION
  • Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor, 1977
  • Harvard Business School, Master of Business Administration, 1977
  • University of Southern California, Bachelor of Arts, 1973

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Chris Cox