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CASSIDY AIDE HEADS DOWNTOWN: Jeff Lucas has joined
Todd Strategy as a senior director for health policy and government affairs. Lucas was previously health policy adviser to Sen.
Incoming second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
The law school, the nation’s largest, announced that Emhoff will serve as a distinguished visitor from practice, “drawing in part on his deep expertise in media and entertainment matters to teach related coursework, starting with ‘Entertainment Law Disputes’ in the upcoming spring semester.” He will also serve as a distinguished fellow of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy.
“I am delighted that Douglas Emhoff will be joining our faculty,” said Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor. “Doug is one of the nation’s leading intellectual property and business litigators, and he has a strong commitment to social justice. I know our students will greatly benefit from his experience and insight, and I am eagerly looking forward to his arrival.”
Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff. Photo by Adam Schultz/ Biden for President.
Doug Emhoff will be joining the Georgetown Law faculty this January. The husband of Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris meaning the future second gentleman will be a “Distinguished Visitor from Practice” at Georgetown University Law Center, and a distinguished fellow of the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy.
The veteran entertainment litigator will be teach a two-credit course on entertainment law disputes this spring. Emhoff’s most recent gig was as a partner at DLA Piper a position he will permanently give up prior to inauguration day.