Chevron Corp. has tapped Hunton & Williams’ global competition group head to serve as its general counsel. R. Hewitt Pate, 47, based in Washington, assumes the vice president and general counsel position from Charles James, a former Jones Day antitrust leader who was promoted to executive vice president of the oil giant earlier this year. Both men served as head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Mr. Pate served in the position from 2003 to 2005, after a two-year stint as the division’s chief deputy. Mr. James was antitrust chief during the Clinton years.
Mr. Pate has something else in common with Mr. James. They both come from outside Chevron’s traditional firm of choice for general counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Until Mr. James became general counsel in 2003, Pillsbury served as the company’s primary outside lawyers and for decades, Pillsbury partners served as Chevron’s general counsel. Chevron’s decision to select Mr. James came just after Robert Mittelstaedt, a former Pillsbury lawyer who was one of the key relationship partners with Chevron, went to Jones Day. Despite the increased competition for Chevron’s affections, a spokeswoman for Pillsbury described the firm’s relationship with the company as “strong.”
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