Rep. Johnson hires new Chief of Staff, Arthur D. Sidney
May 12, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced May 12 that he has hired Arthur D. Sidney as his new Chief of Staff.
Sidney replaces Daraka Satcher, who recently accepted a position as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Commerce Department.
“I’m pleased and excited that Arthur will join us as Chief of Staff,” said Johnson. “He brings a wealth of experience, expertise and management skills that will be an asset not only to our Washington office, but the District as well.”
Sidney, a 1995 cum laude graduate of Vassar College in New York, 1998 graduate of the Howard University School of Law and 1999 graduate of American University’s Washington College of Law, began his Washington, D.C. career in 1999 as an international attorney for the Commerce Department.
In 2007, he left the Commerce Department’s Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration – where he specialized in international trade litigation before the federal courts of specialized jurisdiction, NAFTA and the WTO – to establish his own law firm.
He previously served as a legislative director for Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX), where he provided legal counsel on crime, international trade, antitrust, intellectual property, courts, administrative law, the Internet and immigration issues while staffing Jackson on all Judiciary Committee hearings. He also was responsible for managing her legislative operations in both Houston, Texas, and in Washington, D.C.
“Because Congressman Johnson has the reputation as a serious, substantive legislator, I am very pleased to be now heading his office” said Sidney. “I look forward to my new role assisting the Congressman to pass legislation and keeping the interests of the residents of the Fourth Congressional District in the forefront.”
As Chairman of the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition, Johnson said he is pleased Sidney brings a wealth of knowledge dealing with antitrust issues and how it affects competition policy.
Sidney’s first day in Johnson’s office will be May 26.
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