Steven Croley is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins. Previously, Mr. Croley served as General Counsel for the United States Department of Energy. He oversaw all of the Department’s legal activities including litigation, regulation, licensing, loans, intellectual property, procurement, ethics, cyber, sensitive transactions, and energy law and policy across all sources of fuel — fossil, renewable, and nuclear. 

Before joining the United States Department of Energy, Mr. Croley served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Counsel for President Obama. He provided legal and strategic counsel to the President, Chief of Staff, and senior White House staff concerning major regulatory and litigation issues, as well as communications, congressional oversight, and crisis response. 

Previously, Mr. Croley served as a Special Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, Civil Division. Mr. Croley began his career as a law clerk to Judge Stephen F. Williams of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School, where he taught administrative law, civil procedure, torts, and a variety of specialty courses.