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Jonathan Yarowsky
Work Department
Public Policy and Legislative Affairs ; Crisis Management and Strategic Response ; Congressional Investigations ; Antitrust and Competition ; Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force ; Healthcare
Position
Partner
Co-Chair, Public Policy and Legislative Affairs Practice
Career
Jonathan Yarowsky provides clients with strategic counsel and multi-branch advocacy across a broad array of policy areas, including antitrust, media and telecommunications, healthcare, infrastructure, and intellectual property. Over the course of his career, Mr. Yarowsky has combined his government experience and varied policy background to build a multi-dimensional practice that spans not only legislative and regulatory strategy and advocacy but also congressional investigations and administrative practice and procedure. He leverages the extensive resources and expertise of WilmerHale’s full slate of regulatory and government affairs practices to serve clients and is a core member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group. He joined WilmerHale after holding a number of senior-level positions in federal government, including Special Counsel to the President (former President Clinton), General Counsel of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Chief Counsel of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. He is sought out by policymakers, government officials and clients alike for his multi-Branch experience and his deep understanding of how law, policy, and the media work together to shape legal and political outcomes in Washington and abroad.
Mr. Yarowsky rejoined private practice in 1998 after serving as a Special Counsel to the President (former President Clinton), where he advised on legislative and policy matters, including telecommunications, antitrust and crime policy matters. In his work at the White House, among other policy duties, Yarowsky directed the selection and confirmation of federal judicial nominees.
Prior to his position at the White House, Mr. Yarowsky served as General Counsel of the House Committee on the Judiciary. During his five-year tenure there, he supervised a staff of 40 lawyers and was responsible for developing legislative policy agenda and overseeing the work of six subcommittees in the areas of: administrative law; constitutional law and civil rights; crime and criminal justice; economic and commercial law; intellectual property and judicial administration; and international law and immigration. In addition, during this period Mr. Yarowsky also developed a series of antitrust bills that were enacted into law, and developed other legislative initiatives in the areas of telecommunications, financial services, insurance, banking, civil justice and international trade.
Prior to serving in the House, Mr. Yarowsky was Chief Counsel of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, where he gained extensive experience in antitrust and competition policy, and worked closely with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
Professional Activities
- Vice Chair, Antitrust Modernization Commission, Joint Presidential/Congressional Appointment, 2004
- Member, National Commission on Crime, Congressional Appointment, 1995
Memberships
- District of Columbia
Education
JD, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, 1977
MS, Cornell University, 1974
AB, University of Michigan, 1971
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > Government relations
Congressional investigations are at the forefront of WilmerHale‘s government relations practice, consistently participating in a high-profile and diverse range of inquiries. The team’s combined public policy and legislative lobbying experience spans both chambers of Congress, as well as every major committee and hearing, making it a prime choice for clients in the tech, financial services, energy, industrial and defense sectors. Jonathan Yarowsky, Alyssa DaCunha, and Joel Green chair the group, between them providing strategic counseling, advocacy, and congressional investigations support. Jamie Gorelick is brought in at the board of director and C-suite level of congressional investigations, while Lauren Moore focuses on government-facing matters on behalf of financial institutions, colleges and universities. Former Global Energy Advisor and Senior Professional Staff to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Brian Skretny plays to his strengths in the energy, environment, and tech sectors, while counsel Erin Kuhls excels in national security investigations. New additions to the team include: co-chair of the State Attorneys General practice Paul Connell, who joined in March 2023 from Cozen O’Connor; former Massachusetts state senator and Obama White House aide Eric Lesser, who joined as senior counsel in January 2023 from academia; and Jeffrey Wieand, who joined in January 2023 following his tenure as counsel to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense