托尼·韋斯特

德里克·安東尼·韋斯特(英語:Derek Anthony West,1965年8月12日)是一位美國律師、前政府官員,現任Uber高級副總裁兼首席法務官。[1][2]在加入Uber之前,韋斯特曾擔任美國副司法部長[3]以及百事可樂公司的總法律顧問。[4]他還曾任美國司法部民事部門助理總檢察長,負責監督該部門的訴訟工作。[5]

在司法部任職期間,韋斯特在政府決定停止捍衛《捍衛婚姻法案》(DOMA) 的過程中發揮了關鍵作用,因他認為該法律違憲。[6]他還參與了司法部從大型金融機構追回370億美元的工作,[7]並在2013年重新授權的《暴力侵害婦女法》(VAWA) 中,推動包含改善印第安人公共安全的部落條款。[8][9][10] 2014年8月21日,韋斯特宣布與美國銀行達成166.5億美元的和解協議,以解決聯邦和州政府對美國銀行及其子公司的索賠。[11][12]

韋斯特還是美國副總統賀錦麗的妹夫。

個人生活

1998年7月,韋斯特與賀錦麗的妹妹馬婭·哈里斯結婚,成為她女兒米娜·哈里斯的繼父。在此之前,瑪雅是米娜的單親母親[13][14]韋斯特與馬婭·哈里斯均為1992年史丹佛大學法學院的畢業生。[15]兩人在學期間結為好友,但直到畢業後才開始交往。[16]

參考資料

  1. ^ Leadership Profiles and Board of Directors | Uber Newsroom US. Uber Newsroom. [2020-06-25]. 
  2. ^ Romm, Tony. Uber has hired PepsiCo's Tony West as its new chief legal officer. Vox. 2017-10-27 [2020-06-25] (英語). 
  3. ^ Horwitz, Sari. Justice Dept. lawyer Tony West to take over as acting associate attorney general. Washington Post. February 27, 2012. 
  4. ^ Tony West: From Student Body President to PepsiCo General Counsel. Bloomberg Law. [2017-07-07]. 
  5. ^ Meet the Associate Attorney General. justice.gov. 
  6. ^ Jonathan Capehart, "Tony West, straight hero in fight for gay marriage, to leave Justice Department", The Washington Post (September 14, 2014)
  7. ^ Ben Protess, "Tony West, Top Nemesis of Big Banks, Is Leaving Justice,", The New York Times, (September 3, 2014)
  8. ^ Sari Horwitz,"Tony West, third-ranking official at Justice Department, to step down," The Washington Post, (September 3, 2014).
  9. ^ Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West Speaks at the 20th Annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference - OPA - Department of Justice. justice.gov. [2015-06-26]. (原始內容存檔於2016-03-06). 
  10. ^ Remarks by Associate Attorney General Tony West at the Four Corners Conference - OPA - Department of Justice. justice.gov. 2014-08-26. 
  11. ^ Bank of America to Pay $16.65 Billion in Historic Justice Department Settlement for Financial Fraud Leading up to and During the Financial Crisis. justice.gov. 2014-08-28. 
  12. ^ Los Angeles Times. Bank of America to pay record $16.65 billion to settle mortgage claims. Los Angeles Times. 2014-08-21. 
  13. ^ Ruggiero, Anthony. Tuesday's Juice. Politico. 2017-06-20 [2017-07-07]. 
  14. ^ Maya Harris: senior policy adviser to Hillary Clinton - Fortune. Fortune. 
  15. ^ Driscoll, Sharon. Tony and Maya: Partners in Public Service. Stanford Lawyer. 2010-05-17 [2020-03-11]. 
  16. ^ Horwitz, Sari. Justice Dept. lawyer Tony West to take over as acting associate attorney general. The Washington Post. 2012-02-27 [2020-03-11]. 

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