Gene Godley counsels and advises corporate clients on legislation, trade, tax, energy, regulatory affairs and international financial and transactional matters. He has practiced law for more than 35 years and has served on the firm’s management committee, was managing partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and founded the firm’s legislative group, now known as the Policy Resolution Group. Gene’s experience includes representing companies in regulatory and transactional matters, including trade and finance laws. He is certified by the International Centers for Arbitration and has served as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrator. He combines his private practice with several public appointment positions.
In the public sector, Gene has served in various management and legal positions, including as chief of staff to two United States Senators and as general counsel of two U.S. Senate committees. In 1976, he was nominated by former President James Earl Carter and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of the Treasury, where he received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest award of the Treasury Department. He is chairman of the Annapolis Port Wardens, appointed by the mayor of Annapolis, where he has served since 1994.