Justin McCarthy joined Peck, Madigan, Jones, & Stewart, Inc. after serving in the Bush Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.  In that capacity, Mr. McCarthy served as a principal liaison and advocate of the President to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, with primary responsibility for developing, coordinating and executing White House strategy on priority issues.  Mr. McCarthy led legislative efforts on behalf of the President on issues before the Agriculture, Education & Labor, Finance, and Ways & Means Committees and with House and Senate Leadership.
 
Prior to joining the White House staff, Mr. McCarthy was Assistant United States Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs.  In that role, Mr. McCarthy was responsible for directing the Office of Congressional Affairs and served as chief advocate of the President’s international trade agenda in the Congress.  Mr. McCarthy also served as chief political advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and worked closely with USTR in developing and implementing U.S. trade policy.  Named to that position by Ambassador Rob Portman in 2006, he continued to serve in that role for Ambassador Susan Schwab.
 
In 2005, Ambassador Portman tapped Mr. McCarthy as Assistant United States Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison.  In that role, Mr. McCarthy led domestic outreach efforts to state and local governments, the business and agricultural communities, labor, environmental and consumer groups, and advanced USTR priorities at external events.

Prior to his work in the Executive Branch, Mr. McCarthy served as Director of Government Relations for Pfizer.  He was responsible for health care, intellectual property, international trade and tax issues.

Before joining Pfizer, Mr. McCarthy was Legislative Director for Mayer, Brown’s international trade practice (1998-2001).  He also served on the staff of Representative Thomas W. Ewing (R-IL), where he handled international trade and tax issues (1995-1998).

Mr. McCarthy earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Stonehill College.