Background
Kerry, Cameron F. was born on September 6, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Richard John and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry.
Kerry, Cameron F. was born on September 6, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Richard John and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry.
The fourth child of United States. diplomat Richard John Kerry and Rosemary Isabel Forbes of the Forbes family and Dudley–Winthrop family, Cameron Kerry graduated from Harvard College in 1972, and Boston College Law School in 1978.
He is the younger brother and political confidant of John Forbes and the General Counsel of the United States. Department of Commerce. He was appointed Acting United States Secretary of Commerce on June 1, 2013, and resumed his position as General Counsel on June 26, 2013, when Penny Pritzker was sworn in as the 38th Secretary of Commerce. As the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, Cameron is the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce and third ranking secretarial officer
President Obama nominated him on April 20, 2009, and he was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 21, 2009.
He serves as the department"s chief legal officer and oversees the work of over 325 lawyers in 14 offices. is the Department"s chief ethics officer, and co-chairs the Secretary"s Internet Policy Task Force, which brings together Commerce agencies with expertise on the internet in the 21st-century global economy. and served as law clerk to United States. Senior Circuit Judge Elbert Tuttle, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (now the Eleventh Circuit). He has been an Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications Law at Suffolk University Law School and has written on First Amendment and cable television issues.
From 1983 to 2008, he worked as a Partner at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, focusing on civil litigation, environmental issues, and communications regulation. In 2004, Cameron served as an influential advisor in his brother"s presidential campaign. played a role in decisions behind the scenes and as a campaign surrogate.
Cameron traveled across the country speaking to his brother"s views on Israel, campaigning with Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, writer-comedian Larry David, and Jewish elected officials.
In 2006, Cameron explored a run for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth but decided not to run when the Democratic incumbent William F. Galvin announced that he would seek re-election. He spoke at the Big Data Innovation Summit in Boston on September 9-10, 2015. Cameron was charged with breaking and entering.
One month later, the charges were dropped after the campaign explained that Cameron was in the building to investigate rumors that his brother"s campaign telephone lines were being wiretapped.
During the 2008 Presidential campaign, he was the Vice-Chair of the National Jewish Democratic Council and defended Barack Obama in the Jewish press
Campaign manager Paul Guzzi for Secretary State, Newton, Massachusetts, 1974. Campaign manager John Kerry for Lieutenant Governor, Boston, 1982. Trustee Boston Police Foundation, since 1993.
Cooperative counsel Civil Liberties Union Massachusetts, Boston, 1985. Member Brookline (Massachusetts) Democratic Town Committee, since 1985. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts State Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Defense Research Institute.
Married Kathy B. Weinman, June 28, 1983. Children: Jessica Weinman Kerry, Laura Weinman Kerry.