托尼·韋斯特

德里克·安東尼·韋斯特（英語：Derek Anthony West，1965年8月12日—）是一位美國律師、前政府官員，現任Uber高級副總裁兼首席法務官。[1][2]在加入Uber之前，韋斯特曾擔任美國副司法部長[3]以及百事可樂公司的總法律顧問。[4]他還曾任美國司法部民事部門助理總檢察長，負責監督該部門的訴訟工作。[5]

在司法部任職期間，韋斯特在政府決定停止捍衛《捍衛婚姻法案》(DOMA) 的過程中發揮了關鍵作用，因他認為該法律違憲。[6]他還參與了司法部從大型金融機構追回370億美元的工作，[7]並在2013年重新授權的《暴力侵害婦女法》(VAWA) 中，推動包含改善印第安人公共安全的部落條款。[8][9][10] 2014年8月21日，韋斯特宣布與美國銀行達成166.5億美元的和解協議，以解決聯邦和州政府對美國銀行及其子公司的索賠。[11][12]

韋斯特還是前美國副總統賀錦麗的妹夫。

個人生活

1998年7月，韋斯特與賀錦麗的妹妹馬婭·哈里斯結婚，成為她女兒米娜·哈里斯的繼父。在此之前，瑪雅是米娜的單親母親。[13][14]韋斯特與馬婭·哈里斯均為1992年史丹佛大學法學院的畢業生。[15]兩人在學期間結為好友，但直到畢業後才開始交往。[16]

參考資料

1. Leadership Profiles and Board of Directors | Uber Newsroom US. Uber Newsroom. [2020-06-25]. 
2. Romm, Tony. Uber has hired PepsiCo's Tony West as its new chief legal officer. Vox. 2017-10-27 [2020-06-25] （英语）. 
3. Horwitz, Sari. Justice Dept. lawyer Tony West to take over as acting associate attorney general. Washington Post. February 27, 2012. 
4. Tony West: From Student Body President to PepsiCo General Counsel. Bloomberg Law. [2017-07-07]. 
5. Meet the Associate Attorney General. justice.gov. 
6. Jonathan Capehart, "Tony West, straight hero in fight for gay marriage, to leave Justice Department", The Washington Post (September 14, 2014)
7. Ben Protess, "Tony West, Top Nemesis of Big Banks, Is Leaving Justice,", The New York Times, (September 3, 2014)
8. Sari Horwitz,"Tony West, third-ranking official at Justice Department, to step down," The Washington Post, (September 3, 2014).
9. Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West Speaks at the 20th Annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference - OPA - Department of Justice. justice.gov. [2015-06-26]. （原始内容存档于2016-03-06）. 
10. Remarks by Associate Attorney General Tony West at the Four Corners Conference - OPA - Department of Justice. justice.gov. 2014-08-26. 
11. Bank of America to Pay $16.65 Billion in Historic Justice Department Settlement for Financial Fraud Leading up to and During the Financial Crisis. justice.gov. 2014-08-28. 
12. Los Angeles Times. Bank of America to pay record $16.65 billion to settle mortgage claims. Los Angeles Times. 2014-08-21. 
13. Ruggiero, Anthony. Tuesday's Juice. Politico. 2017-06-20 [2017-07-07]. 
14. Maya Harris: senior policy adviser to Hillary Clinton - Fortune. Fortune. 
15. Driscoll, Sharon. Tony and Maya: Partners in Public Service. Stanford Lawyer. 2010-05-17 [2020-03-11]. 
16. Horwitz, Sari. Justice Dept. lawyer Tony West to take over as acting associate attorney general. The Washington Post. 2012-02-27 [2020-03-11]. 

外部連結

• Biography Page on Department of Justice Website
• C-SPAN內的頁面（英文）