Personal
Current
Employment |
Married Debbie Kern 1980
Two sons, Michael and Paul
Patrick A. Shea, P.C. – Practicing business, development, government and environmental law.
Associate Research Professor of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Employment
Experience
2000 to 2004 |
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
Of Counsel -
Practiced business and development law with an emphasis on emerging biotechnology companies and other new technologies.
Research on native grasses and wetlands associated with Colbert Hills at Kansas State University. |
1997 to 2000 |
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management & Director of the Bureau of Land Management
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C. |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary oversees the Bureau of Land Management, Minerals Management Services and Office of Surface Mining. These agencies are responsible for the management of over 270 million acres of land in the United States and for all off shore drilling for oil and gas production in the United States. Created the first Science Advisory Board for the Bureau. There are over 12,000 employees in 25 states. The agencies under the Land and Minerals Management division work in over 20 foreign countries and with over three hundred Native American tribes. |
1997 to 1998 |
Director
Bureau of Land Management
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C. |
1993 to 1997 |
Private Practice
Representative Clients: Intermountain Health Care, Huntsman Chemical Corporation, Kennecott Corporation, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Catholic Diocese of Utah, Regent Communications, Taco Bell, Salt Lake County Commission, Hermes Corporation and KUTV. |
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Special Legal Counsel, Huntsman Cancer Foundation
Member of Intermountain Alternative Dispute Resolution Group.
Private mediation and arbitration group. |
1985 to 1993 |
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Standard Communications, Inc. (Parent Corporation)
KUTV, Salt Lake City
KSN, Kansas State Network (6 television stations)
Communications Investment Corporation (radio stations in Montana, Idaho and Utah)
Standard Examiner (Newspapers in Idaho, Colorado and Utah)
Mountain Cable Network (Television cable operations in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana) |
1980 to 1985 |
Partner, VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy
Litigation and Corporate Practice - First Amendment Defense, Communications and Natural Resource Specialties. |
Education |
Harvard Law School (J.D. 1975)
Research Assistant to Professors Charles Fried and Paul Freund for Committee on Clinical Procedures at Harvard School of Public Health |
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Oxford University (M.A. 1972)
Human Sciences
First graduate of combined genetics, ethology and anthropology combined degree program. Vice Chair of Human Science Committee 1972. |
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Stanford University (B.A. 1970)
Rhodes Scholar
Student Body President
Member of University Advisory Committee, American Council of Education -- Special Committee on Campus Unrest, Washington, D.C. |
Bar Membership |
District of Columbia
Utah
Admitted to practice before the 10th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court |
Government and Politics |
2008
1996 to 1997
1992 & 1996
1989 to 1993
1988
1984
!983 to 1986 |
Coordinator for Obama for President working with Suzanne Gelderman
Member, President’s Commission on Aviation Safety, Security and Air Traffic Control
Vice President Gore, Chair
Chair of Clinton for President, Utah
National Democratic Committeman and Chair of DNC Rules Committee
Chair of Dukakis for President, Utah
Chair of Mondale for President, Utah
Chairman of the Utah Democratic Party |
1979 to 1980 |
Counsel, Foreign Relations Committee
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. |
1975 to 1976 |
Assistant to the Staff Director
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Operations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. |
Teaching
2000 to present |
Adjunct Professor of Agronomy
Kansas State University |
1981 to 1997 |
Adjunct Professor of Political Science
University of Utah |
1988 to 1993 |
Member, Graduate Studies Committee
Yale University |
1996 to 1997 |
Adjunct Professor
J. Rueben Clark School of Law
Brigham Young University |
Boards and Community Service |
2002 to Present |
Vice Chair and Treasurer
Fiesta Mexicana
Organization created to celebrate Mexican Independence Day |
2000 to Present |
Secretary/Treasurer
First Tee of Salt Lake City
Organization created to introduce golf and life skills to youth at risk |
2000 to Present |
Member – University of Utah Health Science Center/Medical School Committee on Human Tissue Cells |
1996 to 2001 |
Member, Board of Advisors
Ronald H. Brown Foundation |
1995 to 1997 |
Chair, Exchequer of Technology Committee
Rowland Hall St. Marks School |
1995 to 1997 |
Trustee, Catholic Community Services Board |
1991 to 1997 |
Member, Board of Advisors
Huntsman Center for Global Competition and Innovation
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania |
1991 to 1997 |
Trustee, Intermountain Organ Recovery Service, Inc. |
1989 to 1997 |
Trustee, The Nature Conservancy, Utah |
1987 to 1994 |
Chair and Member, Salt Lake City International Airport Authority |
1987 to 1993 |
Member, Board of Directors, Utah State Natural History Museum
University of Utah |
1981 to 1987
1983 to 1985 |
Director (and President 1985-1986)
Stanford Alumni Association
Chair, Utah State Democratic Party |
