Steven P. Croley

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Steven Paul Croley[1] is an American lawyer, Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel of Ford Motor Company[2] and the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor (on leave since 2010). His practice areas include law reform, legal policy, regulation, oversight, and political law, with special emphasis on energy and the environment. His academic research and writing focus on administrative law, civil procedure, good government, and regulatory policy.[3]

Croley joined

civil rights, food safety, and criminal justice policy."[7]

Croley was also appointed by President Obama to serve as a council member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. He has been described as having "a genius for regulatory law."[7]

Early life and education

Croley was born and raised in

graduate school at Princeton University, where he was a University Fellow and earned an M.A. in 1994 and a Ph.D. in American politics in 1998.[3]

Scholarship

Croley began his teaching career at the University of Michigan Law School in 1993 and was granted tenure in 1998. From 2003 to 2006, he served as the associate dean for academic affairs.[3]

At Michigan Law, Croley has taught classes in administrative law,

good government, and law and economics of regulated industries.[8]

Croley is the author of Civil Justice Reconsidered:  Towards a Less Costly, More Accessible Civil Litigation System (New York University Press, 2017), and of Regulation and Public Interests: The Possibility of Good Regulatory Government (

law journals, including the Michigan Law Review, Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Administrative Law Journal, and the University of Chicago Law Review
.

Croley was ranked by Brian Leiter in 2002 as being the ninth most widely cited law faculty who entered teaching since 1993.[9]

Professional activities

Croley joined the Michigan Law faculty in 1993. From 1999 to 2006, Croley had a part-time

Eastern District of Michigan
from 2006 to 2010, representing the United States in a variety of affirmative and defensive civil litigation in the federal courts.

Croley was a policy advisor for the Obama for America in 2007 and 2008, serving as convenor of the Law & Judiciary Policy Advisory Committee, co-convenor of the Government Reform Policy Advisory Committee, and surrogate on administrative law and government reform.[3] Croley also served on the Obama-Biden Transition Team in 2008 and 2009 and on the Levin-Stabenow Eastern District of Michigan Judicial Advisory Committee in 2009. He served the Obama White House beginning in 2010, and in the US Department of Energy beginning in 2014. In 2019 and 2020, he volunteered for the Biden for President campaign, and assisted the Biden Transition team.

Croley is admitted to the

Journal of Legal Studies
.

Croley served as a research consultant to the U.S. Department of Labor from 1994 to 1995, to the Administrative Conference of the United States from 1994 to 1995, and the Michigan Law Revision Commission from 1996 to 1999.

Croley won Michigan Law's annual L. Hart Wright Teaching Award in 1995.[11]

In 2004, Croley received the American Bar Association's Award for Scholarship in Administrative Law. In 2010, he was elected into the American Law Institute.

He was the recipient of the Department of Energy's Achievement Award (2016) and Exceptional Service Award (2017).

At Latham & Watkins, he represents clients across the country and around the globe with litigation matters, regulatory matters, and transactional matters.

Personal life

Croley is married to American Arbitration Association President and CEO Bridget Mary McCormack, a professor of law and former associate dean of clinical affairs at the University of Michigan Law School and former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice. The couple has four children.[12]

Croley is a gun owner.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ PA attorney information: Steven Paul Croley[permanent dead link].
  2. ^ "Steven Croley". media.ford.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Bio: Steven P. Croley, University of Michigan Law School.
  4. ^ "Steven Croley | Department of Energy". energy.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ Prof. Steve Croley Confirmed as General Counsel of Energy Department, University of Michigan Law School.
  6. Legal Times (August 17, 2011); Channing Turner, White House Counsel Gets New Staff Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine (Aug. 17, 2011 6:12 P.M.); Prof. Steve Croley in new role at White House
    , University of Michigan Law School, accessed August 16, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c Jason Horowitz, Over a barrel? Meet White House gun policy adviser Steve Croley, Washington Post (April 11, 2011).
  8. ^ Courses Taught by: Steven P. Croley, University of Michigan Law School.
  9. ^ Brian Leiter's Top 50 Most Cited Faculty Who Entered Teaching Since 1992 (2002).
  10. ^ PA attorney information: Steven Paul Croley[permanent dead link]; Steven P. Croley, State Bar of Michigan.
  11. ^ "Steven Croley". Energy.gov. Department of Energy. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  12. ^ Amy Kuras, Mom Bridget Mary McCormack Lays Down the Law, Metro Parents (Sept. 2012); McCormack accepts nomination for the Michigan Supreme Court, Legal News (Sept. 13, 2012)
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