Paul Watkins

Business Positions

Fusion Law PLLC Law firm

• Managing Partner*

Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, LLP A leading global law firm, Established in 1884

• Associate (past)*

Covington & Burling LLP Business and corporate law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, and San Francisco, as well as London and Brussels.

• Associate (past)*

Positions

American Consumer Financial Innovation Network Network of Federal and state officials and regulators facilitating consumer-beneficial innovation through coordination

• Founder*

Consumers' Research conservative front-group think tank. 2023 anti-woke alter campaign

• Senior Legal Fellow*

Global Financial Innovation Network International network of financial regulators and related organizations

• Founder*

Blackstone Legal Fellowship Project of Alliance Defending Freedom

• Senior Legal Counsel ('12→'15) [+1]

• Fellow ('04)*

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal ministry bringing together Christian lawyers

• Legal Counsel, Career Development, Blackstone Legal Fellowship ('12→'15)*

Government Positions

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Federal agency responsibile for regulating consumer protection

• Assistant Director (Jul '18→?)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

• Clerk (past)*

Arizona Attorney General Arizona Attorney General

• Civil Litigation Division Chief*

Schools

Hillsdale College a "citadel of American conservatism," according to the National Review

• BA (past)*

Miscellaneous Relationships

Financial Stability Oversight Council Treasury department initiative established by the Dodd-Frank Act

• Affiliation*