Title: Ashley Callen URL Source: https://fedsoc.org/bio/ashley-callen Published Time: 2017-09-08T22:10:49-04:00 Markdown Content: ![Image 4: The Federalist Society](https://fedsoc.org/img/mads-dkblue.png) ## Optional Login #### Have an account? ### Sign in Email Password [Forgot password?](https://fedsoc.org/password/reset) ### Proceed as Guest [Continue](https://fedsoc.org/bio/ashley-callen) Our website is currently undergoing updates, some links may no longer work and content may change. Please check back soon. 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Currently, she serves as General Counsel to Speaker Mike Johnson. Prior to her current role, she was General Counsel to Majority Leader Steve Scalise. She got to know Leader Scalise during the 117th Congress serving as the top staffer on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as well as serving then-Ranking Member James Comer as Deputy Staff Director of the Oversight and Reform Committee. Ashley has also served as a top oversight and investigations staffer at the House Agriculture Committee (Chairman Mike Conaway), the Science Space and Technology Committee (Chairman Lamar Smith), and the House Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Doug Collins). She began her career on the Senate side working for her home state senator, Strom Thurmond. After the Senator retired in 2003, Ashley worked for the Air Force General Counsel’s Office. Ashley earned her BA in English at the University of South Carolina and her JD at the Antonin Scalia Law School. 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[Apr 12 2024](https://fedsoc.org/events/a-matter-of-investigation-congress-role-in-overseeing-the-executive-branch-a-conversation-with-general-counsels-to-the-speaker-of-the-house-3) Friday 12:00 p.m.EDT ### [A Matter of Investigation: Congress’ Role in Overseeing the Executive Branch - A Conversation with General Counsels to the Speaker of the House](https://fedsoc.org/events/a-matter-of-investigation-congress-role-in-overseeing-the-executive-branch-a-conversation-with-general-counsels-to-the-speaker-of-the-house-3) Capitol Hill Club 300 First St SE Washington, DC 20003 Speakers: [Ashley Callen •](javascript:void(0))[Kimberly Hamm •](javascript:void(0))[Eleni M. 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Currently, she serves as General Counsel to Speaker Mike Johnson. Prior to her current role, she was General Counsel to Majority Leader Steve Scalise. She got to know Leader Scalise during the 117th Congress serving as the top staffer on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as well as serving then-Ranking Member James Comer as Deputy Staff Director of the Oversight and Reform Committee. Ashley has also served as a top oversight and investigations staffer at the House Agriculture Committee (Chairman Mike Conaway), the Science Space and Technology Committee (Chairman Lamar Smith), and the House Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Doug Collins). She began her career on the Senate side working for her home state senator, Strom Thurmond. After the Senator retired in 2003, Ashley worked for the Air Force General Counsel’s Office. Ashley earned her BA in English at the University of South Carolina and her JD at the Antonin Scalia Law School. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and three children [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/ashley-callen)Close ##### Speaker Information × ![Image 14: Kimberly Hamm](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/YAZOBTHGAuVGWV76CHMkGSVEkkhjsrKqjZRcItuy.jpg) ### Kimberly Hamm Partner, Mayer Brown ###### Biography Kimberly Hamm is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs practices. She also leads the firm’s congressional investigations group. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Kim served as the General Counsel to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy where she provided strategic guidance to House committees on congressional investigations and oversight, including issuance and enforcement of committee subpoenas to agencies and private parties. Before joining Speaker McCarthy’s senior team, Kim worked in the public policy group of a global asset management firm, where she led advocacy and external engagement in the areas of financial stability, corporate governance, and regulatory frameworks impacting mutual funds. Kim also served as Republican Chief Counsel for Investigations for the Senate Committee on Rules & Administration. From 2019 to 2021, Kim was chief counsel to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, where she oversaw regulatory initiatives across all divisions of the SEC, including the issuance of more than 45 final rules. She also advised on significant legal and policy matters, including cross-border regulation, financial stability risks, major market events, and congressional inquiries. She also previously served for over four years at the House of Representatives’ Office of General Counsel, where she advised committees on all aspects of congressional investigations and handled litigation arising from subpoena disputes. Kim also represented the House, its members and committees in numerous grand jury, trial, and appellate proceedings on a wide range of other issues arising from official duties, including criminal investigations and constitutional litigation. Kim began her legal career in the litigation department of an international law firm in London and New York, where she practiced for over a decade and advised clients on securities, compliance, antitrust, insurance, regulatory, and internal investigation matters. [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/kimberly-hamm)Close ##### Speaker Information × ![Image 15: Eleni M. Roumel](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/80T06cx1pgkxhbky0gMhGfzWRseWCTIuJVNleSmj.jpg) ### Eleni M. Roumel Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims ###### Biography Judge Roumel was appointed to the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2020 and served as Chief Judge from 2020-2021. She serves as Chair of the court’s Advisory Council for Intellectual Property, is the Chair of the court’s Attorney Discipline Panel, serves on the court’s Pro Bono Policy Committee, and is the court’s Liaison Representative on the Administrative Conference of the United States.Judge Roumel previously served as the Deputy Counsel to Vice President Pence.Prior to her tenure at the White House, she served as Assistant General Counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives Office of General Counsel, where she advised and represented the U.S. House of Representatives, Members of Congress, and congressional staff in federal trial and appellate courts across the country. Judge Roumel previously was a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, in Charleston, South Carolina, and before that practiced at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP in New York City.She also was an adjunct professor at the Charleston School of Law, where she taught intellectual property law.Judge Roumel served as a law clerk to the Honorable William H. Pauley III, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane Law School, where she graduated Order of the Coif and was an editor of the Tulane Law Review.Judge Roumel also received her M.B.A. from Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business.She earned her B.A., cum laude, from Wake Forest University. [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/eleni-roumel)Close ##### Speaker Information × ![Image 16: Chris Armstrong](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/XsHErASzqWYkDJCyTe4DoX7m3jUmRnRzwwJk8qvp.jpeg) ### Chris Armstrong Chief Oversight Counsel, Senate Committee on Finance ###### Biography Chris Armstrong is Deputy Chief Oversight Counsel to Chairman Orrin G. Hatch on the Senate Committee on Finance. He previously worked for Chairman Dave Camp on the House Committee on Ways and Means and Senator Charles E. Grassley. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group. The views expressed herein are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Chairman Hatch or the Finance Committee. [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/chris-armstrong)Close ##### Speaker Information × ![Image 17: Michael D. Bopp](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/Do1bG2YJWYvzmOZHRULUxTpJbnn7y2przz5ffvjH.png) ### Michael D. Bopp Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP ###### Biography Michael Bopp is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Chair of the Public Policy Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and Crisis Management Practice Groups, where he chairs the firm’s Congressional Investigations Subgroup. He also chairs the firm’s Financial Markets Crisis Group, a multi-disciplinary group formed to address client concerns stemming from the credit and capital markets crisis. Mr. Bopp’s practice focuses on congressional, internal corporate, and other government investigations, public policy consulting in a variety of fields, and managing and responding to major crises involving multiple government agencies and branches. From 2006-2008, Mr. Bopp served as Associate Director of OMB and was responsible for overseeing budgets and coordinating regulatory, legislative, and other policy for approximately $150 billion worth of spending for various government agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Transportation, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, and Commerce, the General Services Administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, one of the Senate's largest committees and most expansive in terms of jurisdiction. He oversaw more than 100 hearings, led numerous investigations and was a primary drafter of key legislation, including the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the most significant reform of the intelligence community in more than 50 years, and 2006 legislation strengthening port security and overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He also directed a 50-person investigation of the failure of preparations and response to Hurricane Katrina. The investigation included 22 hearings, 325 witnesses, more than 800,000 pages of documents and an 800 page report. Mr. Bopp served as Legislative Director and General Counsel to Senator Susan Collins of Maine from 1999 to 2003. He was Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 1999, where he investigated alleged improper activities undertaken by Teamsters' officials. Before that, he worked on the Congressional investigation of campaign finance abuses as senior investigative counsel to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and as counsel for the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. He also previously served as counsel on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Mr. Bopp served as outside general counsel to the campaign to re-elect Senator Susan Collins. Mr. Bopp received his law degree cum laude in 1992 from Harvard Law School where he was Articles Editor on the Journal of Law and Public Policy. He graduated magna cum laude, with honors, in public policy from Brown University in 1987. 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Ashley has also served as a top oversight and investigations staffer at the House Agriculture Committee (Chairman Mike Conaway), the Science Space and Technology Committee (Chairman Lamar Smith), and the House Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Doug Collins). She began her career on the Senate side working for her home state senator, Strom Thurmond. After the Senator retired in 2003, Ashley worked for the Air Force General Counsel’s Office. Ashley earned her BA in English at the University of South Carolina and her JD at the Antonin Scalia Law School. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and three children [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/ashley-callen)Close ##### Speaker Information × ![Image 19: Daniel J. Goshorn](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/PFouTszqubdYtc19e8PvSkTXDnkq8SFv3x1KlzvM.jpg) ### Daniel J. Goshorn Chief Investigative Counsel, Senate Finance Subcommittee [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/dan-goshorn)Close ##### Speaker Information × ![Image 20: Allison Murphy](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/WJTHLT8bWEWgxtCclD9zGEkvVmRZtq1MTMhfTSSE.webp) ### Allison Murphy Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP ###### Biography Allison Murphy is a partner in the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Allison has been a legal and strategic counselor on high-profile investigations with broad reach across the government and private sector, including as White House Associate Counsel under President Obama. She has managed congressional investigations from all angles. Most recently, Allison was Chief Oversight Counsel of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Majority Staff. She also served in the Senate as Counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Previously, Allison was Attorney Advisor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Division of Enforcement.She began her legal career as an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/allison-murphy)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 21: Ashley Callen](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/27hxsfQGTWvvbPswOSM0pl6ueY2cDibXW9KW5dRt.jpg) ### Ashley Callen General Counsel, Office of Speaker Mike Johnson ###### Biography Ashley Callen has served in the legislative and executive branches for nearly 25 years. Currently, she serves as General Counsel to Speaker Mike Johnson. Prior to her current role, she was General Counsel to Majority Leader Steve Scalise. She got to know Leader Scalise during the 117th Congress serving as the top staffer on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as well as serving then-Ranking Member James Comer as Deputy Staff Director of the Oversight and Reform Committee. Ashley has also served as a top oversight and investigations staffer at the House Agriculture Committee (Chairman Mike Conaway), the Science Space and Technology Committee (Chairman Lamar Smith), and the House Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Doug Collins). She began her career on the Senate side working for her home state senator, Strom Thurmond. After the Senator retired in 2003, Ashley worked for the Air Force General Counsel’s Office. Ashley earned her BA in English at the University of South Carolina and her JD at the Antonin Scalia Law School. 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Allison has been a legal and strategic counselor on high-profile investigations with broad reach across the government and private sector, including as White House Associate Counsel under President Obama. She has managed congressional investigations from all angles. Most recently, Allison was Chief Oversight Counsel of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Majority Staff. She also served in the Senate as Counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Previously, Allison was Attorney Advisor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Division of Enforcement.She began her legal career as an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. 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[Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/chris-armstrong)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 25: Michael D. Bopp](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/Do1bG2YJWYvzmOZHRULUxTpJbnn7y2przz5ffvjH.png) ### Michael D. Bopp Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP ###### Biography Michael Bopp is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Chair of the Public Policy Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and Crisis Management Practice Groups, where he chairs the firm’s Congressional Investigations Subgroup. He also chairs the firm’s Financial Markets Crisis Group, a multi-disciplinary group formed to address client concerns stemming from the credit and capital markets crisis. Mr. Bopp’s practice focuses on congressional, internal corporate, and other government investigations, public policy consulting in a variety of fields, and managing and responding to major crises involving multiple government agencies and branches. From 2006-2008, Mr. Bopp served as Associate Director of OMB and was responsible for overseeing budgets and coordinating regulatory, legislative, and other policy for approximately $150 billion worth of spending for various government agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Transportation, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, and Commerce, the General Services Administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, one of the Senate's largest committees and most expansive in terms of jurisdiction. He oversaw more than 100 hearings, led numerous investigations and was a primary drafter of key legislation, including the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the most significant reform of the intelligence community in more than 50 years, and 2006 legislation strengthening port security and overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He also directed a 50-person investigation of the failure of preparations and response to Hurricane Katrina. The investigation included 22 hearings, 325 witnesses, more than 800,000 pages of documents and an 800 page report. Mr. Bopp served as Legislative Director and General Counsel to Senator Susan Collins of Maine from 1999 to 2003. He was Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 1999, where he investigated alleged improper activities undertaken by Teamsters' officials. Before that, he worked on the Congressional investigation of campaign finance abuses as senior investigative counsel to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and as counsel for the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. He also previously served as counsel on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Mr. Bopp served as outside general counsel to the campaign to re-elect Senator Susan Collins. Mr. Bopp received his law degree cum laude in 1992 from Harvard Law School where he was Articles Editor on the Journal of Law and Public Policy. He graduated magna cum laude, with honors, in public policy from Brown University in 1987. 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[Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/chris-armstrong)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 27: Michael D. Bopp](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/Do1bG2YJWYvzmOZHRULUxTpJbnn7y2przz5ffvjH.png) ### Michael D. Bopp Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP ###### Biography Michael Bopp is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Chair of the Public Policy Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and Crisis Management Practice Groups, where he chairs the firm’s Congressional Investigations Subgroup. He also chairs the firm’s Financial Markets Crisis Group, a multi-disciplinary group formed to address client concerns stemming from the credit and capital markets crisis. Mr. Bopp’s practice focuses on congressional, internal corporate, and other government investigations, public policy consulting in a variety of fields, and managing and responding to major crises involving multiple government agencies and branches. From 2006-2008, Mr. Bopp served as Associate Director of OMB and was responsible for overseeing budgets and coordinating regulatory, legislative, and other policy for approximately $150 billion worth of spending for various government agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Transportation, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, and Commerce, the General Services Administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, one of the Senate's largest committees and most expansive in terms of jurisdiction. He oversaw more than 100 hearings, led numerous investigations and was a primary drafter of key legislation, including the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the most significant reform of the intelligence community in more than 50 years, and 2006 legislation strengthening port security and overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He also directed a 50-person investigation of the failure of preparations and response to Hurricane Katrina. The investigation included 22 hearings, 325 witnesses, more than 800,000 pages of documents and an 800 page report. Mr. Bopp served as Legislative Director and General Counsel to Senator Susan Collins of Maine from 1999 to 2003. He was Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 1999, where he investigated alleged improper activities undertaken by Teamsters' officials. Before that, he worked on the Congressional investigation of campaign finance abuses as senior investigative counsel to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and as counsel for the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. He also previously served as counsel on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Mr. Bopp served as outside general counsel to the campaign to re-elect Senator Susan Collins. Mr. Bopp received his law degree cum laude in 1992 from Harvard Law School where he was Articles Editor on the Journal of Law and Public Policy. He graduated magna cum laude, with honors, in public policy from Brown University in 1987. 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Ashley has also served as a top oversight and investigations staffer at the House Agriculture Committee (Chairman Mike Conaway), the Science Space and Technology Committee (Chairman Lamar Smith), and the House Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Doug Collins). She began her career on the Senate side working for her home state senator, Strom Thurmond. After the Senator retired in 2003, Ashley worked for the Air Force General Counsel’s Office. Ashley earned her BA in English at the University of South Carolina and her JD at the Antonin Scalia Law School. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and three children [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/ashley-callen)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 29: Daniel J. Goshorn](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/PFouTszqubdYtc19e8PvSkTXDnkq8SFv3x1KlzvM.jpg) ### Daniel J. 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She also served in the Senate as Counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Previously, Allison was Attorney Advisor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Division of Enforcement.She began her legal career as an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/allison-murphy)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 31: Chris Armstrong](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/XsHErASzqWYkDJCyTe4DoX7m3jUmRnRzwwJk8qvp.jpeg) ### Chris Armstrong Chief Oversight Counsel, Senate Committee on Finance ###### Biography Chris Armstrong is Deputy Chief Oversight Counsel to Chairman Orrin G. Hatch on the Senate Committee on Finance. He previously worked for Chairman Dave Camp on the House Committee on Ways and Means and Senator Charles E. Grassley. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group. The views expressed herein are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Chairman Hatch or the Finance Committee. [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/chris-armstrong)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 32: Michael D. Bopp](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/Do1bG2YJWYvzmOZHRULUxTpJbnn7y2przz5ffvjH.png) ### Michael D. Bopp Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP ###### Biography Michael Bopp is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Chair of the Public Policy Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and Crisis Management Practice Groups, where he chairs the firm’s Congressional Investigations Subgroup. He also chairs the firm’s Financial Markets Crisis Group, a multi-disciplinary group formed to address client concerns stemming from the credit and capital markets crisis. Mr. Bopp’s practice focuses on congressional, internal corporate, and other government investigations, public policy consulting in a variety of fields, and managing and responding to major crises involving multiple government agencies and branches. From 2006-2008, Mr. Bopp served as Associate Director of OMB and was responsible for overseeing budgets and coordinating regulatory, legislative, and other policy for approximately $150 billion worth of spending for various government agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Transportation, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, and Commerce, the General Services Administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, one of the Senate's largest committees and most expansive in terms of jurisdiction. He oversaw more than 100 hearings, led numerous investigations and was a primary drafter of key legislation, including the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the most significant reform of the intelligence community in more than 50 years, and 2006 legislation strengthening port security and overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He also directed a 50-person investigation of the failure of preparations and response to Hurricane Katrina. The investigation included 22 hearings, 325 witnesses, more than 800,000 pages of documents and an 800 page report. Mr. Bopp served as Legislative Director and General Counsel to Senator Susan Collins of Maine from 1999 to 2003. He was Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 1999, where he investigated alleged improper activities undertaken by Teamsters' officials. Before that, he worked on the Congressional investigation of campaign finance abuses as senior investigative counsel to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and as counsel for the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. He also previously served as counsel on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Mr. Bopp served as outside general counsel to the campaign to re-elect Senator Susan Collins. Mr. Bopp received his law degree cum laude in 1992 from Harvard Law School where he was Articles Editor on the Journal of Law and Public Policy. He graduated magna cum laude, with honors, in public policy from Brown University in 1987. 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Ashley has also served as a top oversight and investigations staffer at the House Agriculture Committee (Chairman Mike Conaway), the Science Space and Technology Committee (Chairman Lamar Smith), and the House Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Doug Collins). She began her career on the Senate side working for her home state senator, Strom Thurmond. After the Senator retired in 2003, Ashley worked for the Air Force General Counsel’s Office. Ashley earned her BA in English at the University of South Carolina and her JD at the Antonin Scalia Law School. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and three children [Read more...](javascript:void(0)) [View Full Profile](https://fedsoc.org/bio/ashley-callen)Close ##### Contributor Information × ![Image 34: Daniel J. Goshorn](https://fedsoc.org/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300,format=jpeg/https://fedsoc-cms-public.s3.amazonaws.com/headshots/PFouTszqubdYtc19e8PvSkTXDnkq8SFv3x1KlzvM.jpg) ### Daniel J. 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She also served in the Senate as Counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Previously, Allison was Attorney Advisor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Division of Enforcement.She began her legal career as an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. 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