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Theodore William Kassinger (born January 26, 1953) is an international trade attorney who is a partner in the Washington DC office of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP.〔Partner page ("Theodore Kassinger" ), accessed August 11, 2009.〕 He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he was born in 1953.〔()〕 He was formerly the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2004-2005 and General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2001-2004 during the administration of George W. Bush.〔 While serving as Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Kassinger managed a $6.5 billion annual budget, and 38,000 employees, and dealt with matters of international trade and international trade policy.〔("Deputy Secretary Theodore W. Kassinger" ), "commerce.gov", accessed August 11, 2009.〕 He was also a keynote speaker at the 2005 "U.S. - China Trade: Opportunities and Challenges Conference" 〔("US China Trade Conference" ), Univ of Georgia School of Law, April 14, 2005.〕 Prior to his government service, Kassinger was a partner at Vinson & Elkins, a multinational law firm, based in Houston, Texas. He practiced in the areas of international trade and business law and international dispute resolution.〔 Kassinger grew up in Athens, Georgia, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia College of Environment & Design in 1974 and a law degree, ''cum laude'', from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1978.〔〔 In 2013, Kassinger was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.〔http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/28/the-pro-freedom-republicans-are-coming-131-sign-gay-marriage-brief.html〕 In 2015, Kassinger was named the Law360's International Trade MVP by helping to obtain crucial government clearance on massive technology deals for IBM Corp. and securing a landmark exception to the U.S. government's nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theodore Kassinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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