Reginald J. Brown is a partner in the firm's Regulatory and Government Affairs and Litigation and Controversy Departments, and vice-chair of the Public Policy and Strategy Practice Group. Mr. Brown joined the firm in 1997, and served as special assistant to the President and associate White House Counsel from 2003 to 2005. Most recently, Mr. Brown served in the White House Counsel's office, where he was the White House's principal legal liaison to the Departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development, as well as many independent financial services agencies. In this role, he provided counsel on a wide variety of issues. Mr. Brown also served as a counselor for the White House Office of Political Affairs, Presidential Personnel Office and the National Economic Council. Prior to his work with the Bush Administration, Mr. Brown served as assistant to the CEO and vice president of corporate strategy at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and as the deputy general counsel to Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Mr. Brown also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Federated States of Micronesia early in his professional career. While working as an associate at WilmerHale in the 1990s, Mr. Brown served as co-counsel to victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing in connection with sentencing proceedings for Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier.