Walter McCormick

McCormick was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Walter B. McCormick and Dorothy Power McCormick. He is a graduate of Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Missouri (1972); the University of Missouri School of Journalism (B.J. 1976); and the University of Missouri School of Law (J.D. 1979). He studied international politics and economics at Georgetown University (1975), and completed the program for senior managers in government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1987).

McCormick was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on June 16, 1992, as the 15th general counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation,{{cite web|title=George Bush: "Nomination of Walter B. McCormick, Jr., To Be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, June 1, 1992|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=21032|work=The American Presidency Project|publisher=Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project|accessdate=26 January 2012}} where he served under Transportation Secretary Andrew Card as the chief legal officer of the department, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Coast Guard, and third-ranking official after the secretary and deputy secretary. Prior to his confirmation, he served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation in the 99th Congress;{{cite web|title=Hearings before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:64MTn_lYnnYJ:www.moneyandmarkets.com/files/documents/Congressional-Hearing-Martin_Weiss_Testimony_1991.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiPPiKOiRKNJEvGr8tiOm0PGGT25VASvY51T8L09SzKfZGSUqOAeEZWU61YURc4jvaDUuJfYkwBMWm0P3zJlNVbUKctoC_rPDlZj_QYtdqDZP5tv6l5vM5fG2HPT_8dbhGGFsQx&sig=AHIEtbRjv_her4fjhijQ0aqrLZ15wnUreg&pli=1|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=2|accessdate=26 January 2012}} as minority chief counsel and staff director of the committee{{cite web|title=USTelecom CEO Walter McCormick Jr. to Keynote Telecom2008 at NAB Show|url=http://www.nab.org/documents/newsroom/pressRelease.asp?id=1577|publisher=National Association of Broadcasters|accessdate=26 January 2012}} in the 100th, 101st, and 102nd Congresses; and as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John C. Danforth (R-MO) in the 97th and 98th Congresses.{{cite web|title=Nomination of Walter B. McCormick, Jr., To Be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation|url=http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=4374&year=1992&month=6|publisher=George Bush Presidential Library and Museum|accessdate=26 January 2012}} From 2005 to 2010, he served as a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee,{{cite web|title=The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory: Committee Member Biography|url=http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/bios/McCormick%20%28USTelecom%29.pdf|publisher=National Communications System (NCS.gov)|accessdate=26 January 2012}} and as a member of the U.S. Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy.{{cite web|title=Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/e/eb/adcom/214.htm|publisher=U.S. Department of State (State.gov)|accessdate=26 January 2012}}

McCormick was president and CEO of the United States Telecom Association from June 2001 through December 2016. He is a former president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, Inc.,{{cite news|title=ATA CEO McCormick Resigns|url=http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=7359|accessdate=26 January 2012|newspaper=Transport Topics|date=1 June 2001}} and a former partner with the law firm Bryan Cave LLP – where he headed the practice group on regulatory affairs, public policy and legislation. He is a former member of the board of trustees of Rockhurst University. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Missouri Bar, and the Federal Communications Bar Association.{{cite web|title=The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory|url=http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/bios/McCormick%20%28USTelecom%29.pdf|publisher=National Communications System (NCS.gov)|accessdate=26 January 2012}}

McCormick and his wife, Mary Lou, live in Alexandria, Virginia, where he serves on the board of directors of Good Shepherd Housing, a multi-denominational charitable organization that seeks to reduce homelessness.{{cite web|title=Good Shepherd Housing Board Members|url=http://www.goodhousing.org/board-members/index.html|publisher=Good Housing|accessdate=8 March 2012}}

• Search of the Newsroom: The Battle for a Reporter's Privilege Moves to New Ground, 44 Missouri Law Review 297 (1979) {{cite journal|last=McCormick|first=Walter|title=Search of the Newsroom: The Battle for a Reporter's Privilege Moves to New Ground|journal=Missouri Law Review |year=1979|volume=44 |page=297 |publisher=44 Missouri Law Review|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/molr44&div=23&id=&page=}}
• Press Access to Jails and Prisons, University of Missouri Freedom of Information Center Report No. 405 (June 1979)
• Op-ed: `Hours of service' rule for truckers may bring economy to jarring halt, Knight Ridder/Tribune, 24 May 2000{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Walter|title='Hours of service' rule for truckers may bring economy to jarring halt|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5760029_ITM|accessdate=8 March 2012|newspaper=Knight Ridder/Tribune News Services|date=24 May 2000}}
• Op-ed: We'll give users choices, USA Today, 15 February 2006{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Walter|title=We'll give users choices|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-02-15-opposing-internet-access_x.htm|accessdate=27 January 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=15 February 2006}}
• Op-ed: Telecom industry is fighting fraud, USA Today, 8 August 2011{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Walter|title=Telecom industry is fighting fraud|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-08-03-telecom-association-phone-cramming_n.htm|accessdate=27 January 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=8 August 2011}}

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• [http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=e655f9e2809e5476862f735da116309f Walter McCormick Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee], 14 June 2006
• [http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=915 Walter McCormick Testimony before House Agriculture Subcommittee], 1 May 2007
• [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:53675.pdf Walter McCormick Testimony before the House Commerce Communications Subcommittee], 6 May 2008
• [http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=492 Walter McCormick Testimony before House Agriculture Subcommittee], 9 July 2009
• [http://www.ustelecom.org/uploadedFiles/Issues/Filings/USTelecom%20Assn%20Cramming%20Testimony%20%28revised%29%207-13-11.pdf Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Cramming], 13 July 2011
• [http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Stub/Power100.html McCormick Named to Global Telecoms Business Power 100]

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