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{{short description|American lawyer}}

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|office = Chief of Staff to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]
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|birth_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
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|successor = Christian Weideman
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|office = Chief of Staff to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]
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|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|41|2003|9|7|mos=1}}<ref name= marriage>{{cite web |title=Weddings/Celebrations; Jennifer Leete, Mark Patterson |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 7, 2003 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/style/weddings-celebrations-jennifer-leete-mark-patterson.html}}</ref>
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|education = [[University at Albany, SUNY|University at Albany]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Catholic University of America|Catholic University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Mark A. Patterson''' is an [[United States|American]] lobbyist, former Vice President and Managing Director of [[Goldman Sachs]], and former [[Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the Treasury]]. In 2018, he was hired as general counsel for [[Senator Chuck Schumer]], overseeing investigations and appropriations and leaving his position at law firm [[Perkins Coie]].<ref name=nation>{{cite news |last= Dayen|first= David |date= May 9, 2018|title= Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist?|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/why-did-chuck-schumer-hire-an-ex-goldman-sachs-lobbyist/ |work= The Nation |access-date=May 9, 2018 }}</ref>
'''Mark A. Patterson''' is an American lobbyist, former vice president and managing director of [[Goldman Sachs]], and former [[Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the Treasury]]. In 2018, he was hired as general counsel for [[Senator Chuck Schumer]], overseeing investigations and appropriations and leaving his position at law firm [[Perkins Coie]].<ref name=nation>{{cite news |last= Dayen|first= David |date= May 9, 2018|title= Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist?|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/why-did-chuck-schumer-hire-an-ex-goldman-sachs-lobbyist/ |work= The Nation |access-date=May 9, 2018 }}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Patterson was born in [[New York City]]. His mother was a librarian while his father was a high school English teacher.<ref name="WPost">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mark-patterson/gIQAC9ct9O_topic.html |title=Mark Patterson |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= 25 July 2012|website= |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=8 August 2013}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University at Albany, SUNY|University at Albany]] in 1984 and was the Special Assistant of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] from 1984 to 1988. He received his law degree from [[The Catholic University of America]] in 1990.<ref name="GOV">{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/Pages/patterson-m.aspx|title=Mark A. Patterson|publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]]|accessdate=8 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102103858/http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/Pages/patterson-m.aspx|archivedate=2 November 2013}}</ref>
Patterson was born in [[New York City]]. His mother was a librarian while his father was a high school English teacher.<ref name="WPost">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mark-patterson/gIQAC9ct9O_topic.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406212838/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mark-patterson/gIQAC9ct9O_topic.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 April 2012 |title=Mark Patterson |date= 25 July 2012|newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |access-date=8 August 2013}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University at Albany, SUNY|University at Albany]] in 1984. He received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[The Catholic University of America]] in 1990.<ref name="GOV">{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/Pages/patterson-m.aspx|title=Mark A. Patterson|publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]]|access-date=8 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102103858/http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/Pages/patterson-m.aspx|archive-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Patterson was the special assistant of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] from 1984 to 1988 before entering law school.<ref name="GOV"/>
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Patterson later served as Moynihan's Legislative Director (1993-1995), and as Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Senate Finance Committee (1995-1999). From 1999 to 2004 Patterson was the Policy Director for Senate [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Democratic Leader]] [[Tom Daschle]].


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Patterson later served as Moynihan's legislative director (1993-1995), and as Democratic staff director and chief counsel of the Senate Finance Committee (1995-1999). From 1999 to 2004 Patterson was the policy director for Senate [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Democratic Leader]] [[Tom Daschle]].
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In 2004 Patterson became a lobbyist for [[Goldman Sachs]], with the position of Vice President (2004-2007), and Managing Director (2007-2008). Patterson left Goldman Sachs in April 2008, after which he served as a volunteer for the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|Obama-Biden presidential campaign]], and as the Senate Confirmation Coordinator for the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Project.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} Upon the confirmation of [[Barack Obama]] as [[President of the United States|President]], Patterson was in February 2009 appointed Chief of Staff to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]].<ref name="ABC">{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6735898&page=1 |title=Another Lobbyist Headed Into Obama Administration |last1=Rood |first1=Justin |last2=Schwartz |first2=Emma |date=January 29, 2009 |website= |publisher=[[ABC News]] |accessdate=9 August 2013}}</ref> In 2013, the recently appointed Treasury Secretary [[Jack Lew]] announced Patterson's replacement as Treasury Chief of Staff.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite web |url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/lew-names-chief-of-staff-at-treasury/ |title=Lew Names Chief of Staff at Treasury |last1=Lowrey |first1=Annie |date=April 29, 2009 |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> Patterson worked as a partner in [[Perkins Coie|Perkins Coie's]] Washington, D.C. office <ref name="Perkins Coie">{{cite web |url=https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/mark-patterson.html |title=Mark Patterson, Partner |publisher=[[Perkins Coie]] |accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> before joining Senator Schumer's team in May 2018.<ref name=nation/>

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In 2004 Patterson became a lobbyist for [[Goldman Sachs]], with the position of vice president (2004-2007), and managing director (2007-2008). Patterson left Goldman Sachs in April 2008, after which time he served as a volunteer for the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|Obama-Biden presidential campaign]], and as the Senate confirmation coordinator for the Obama-Biden [[Presidential transition of Barack Obama|Presidential Transition Project]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} Upon the inauguration of [[Barack Obama]] as [[President of the United States|President]], Patterson was in February 2009 appointed chief of staff to the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]].<ref name="ABC">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6735898&page=1 |title=Another Lobbyist Headed Into Obama Administration |last1=Rood |first1=Justin |author2= Emma Schwartz |date=January 29, 2009 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref> In 2013, after the long-anticipated departure of secretary [[Tim Geithner]], secretary [[Jack Lew]] announced Patterson's replacement.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite web |url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/lew-names-chief-of-staff-at-treasury/ |title=Lew Names Chief of Staff at Treasury |last1=Lowrey |first1=Annie |date=April 29, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> Patterson worked as a partner in [[Perkins Coie|Perkins Coie's]] Washington, D.C. office <ref name="Perkins Coie">{{cite web |url=https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/mark-patterson.html |title=Mark Patterson, Partner |publisher=[[Perkins Coie]] |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> before joining Senator Schumer's team in May 2018.<ref name=nation/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Patterson is married to Jennifer S. Leete, an Assistant Director in the Enforcement Division of the [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]].<ref name=marriage/> He is a member of the bar of the [[District of Columbia]] and of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
Patterson is married to Jennifer S. Leete, a former assistant director in the Enforcement Division of the [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]<ref name=marriage/> and, as of 2022, a partner in the start-up Washington, D.C. office of New York law firm [[Cravath, Swaine & Moore]]. The start-up was being led by [[Jelena McWilliams]], former chair of the FDIC, and also included [[Elad Roisman]], former commissioner and acting chair of the SEC.<ref>Williams, Claire, [https://www.americanbanker.com/news/former-fdic-regulator-lands-at-cravath-to-set-up-d-c-operations "Former FDIC regulator lands at Cravath to set up D.C. operations"], ''[[American Banker]]'', June 6, 2022. Retrieved 2023-12-19.</ref> Patterson is a member of the bar of the [[District of Columbia]] and of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 3 July 2024

Mark Patterson
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury
In office
February 2009 – May 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Succeeded byChristian Weideman
Personal details
Born1961 or 1962 (age 62–63)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJennifer Leete
EducationUniversity at Albany (BA)
Catholic University (JD)

Mark A. Patterson is an American lobbyist, former vice president and managing director of Goldman Sachs, and former Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the Treasury. In 2018, he was hired as general counsel for Senator Chuck Schumer, overseeing investigations and appropriations and leaving his position at law firm Perkins Coie.[2]

Early life and education

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Patterson was born in New York City. His mother was a librarian while his father was a high school English teacher.[3] He graduated from the University at Albany in 1984. He received his J.D. degree from The Catholic University of America in 1990.[4]

Career

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Patterson was the special assistant of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1984 to 1988 before entering law school.[4]

Patterson later served as Moynihan's legislative director (1993-1995), and as Democratic staff director and chief counsel of the Senate Finance Committee (1995-1999). From 1999 to 2004 Patterson was the policy director for Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle.

In 2004 Patterson became a lobbyist for Goldman Sachs, with the position of vice president (2004-2007), and managing director (2007-2008). Patterson left Goldman Sachs in April 2008, after which time he served as a volunteer for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign, and as the Senate confirmation coordinator for the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Project.[citation needed] Upon the inauguration of Barack Obama as President, Patterson was in February 2009 appointed chief of staff to the Secretary of the Treasury.[5] In 2013, after the long-anticipated departure of secretary Tim Geithner, secretary Jack Lew announced Patterson's replacement.[6] Patterson worked as a partner in Perkins Coie's Washington, D.C. office [7] before joining Senator Schumer's team in May 2018.[2]

Personal life

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Patterson is married to Jennifer S. Leete, a former assistant director in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission[1] and, as of 2022, a partner in the start-up Washington, D.C. office of New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The start-up was being led by Jelena McWilliams, former chair of the FDIC, and also included Elad Roisman, former commissioner and acting chair of the SEC.[8] Patterson is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and of the Supreme Court of the United States.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Weddings/Celebrations; Jennifer Leete, Mark Patterson". The New York Times. September 7, 2003.
  2. ^ a b Dayen, David (May 9, 2018). "Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist?". The Nation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mark Patterson". Washington Post. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Mark A. Patterson". United States Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ^ Rood, Justin; Emma Schwartz (January 29, 2009). "Another Lobbyist Headed Into Obama Administration". ABC News. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. ^ Lowrey, Annie (April 29, 2009). "Lew Names Chief of Staff at Treasury". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Mark Patterson, Partner". Perkins Coie. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. ^ Williams, Claire, "Former FDIC regulator lands at Cravath to set up D.C. operations", American Banker, June 6, 2022. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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