Ambassador Thomas S. Foley Rejoins Akin Gump in Washington.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2001 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. announced today that Ambassador Thomas S. Foley has rejoined the firm as a partner in Washington. "We could not be more pleased that Ambassador Foley has chosen to return to Akin Gump after his diplomatic service diplomatic service, organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another. Origins Until the 15th cent. any formal communication or negotiation among nations was conducted either by means of ambassadors specially in Japan," remarked Ambassador Robert S. Strauss, Akin Gump's founding partner. "In his more than 35 years of public service Ambassador Foley has earned the respect of business and political leaders the world over. His exemplary performance in Japan, coupled with his previous outstanding career in the U.S. Congress, will enable him to apply his skills to solving a variety of client issues on a global scale." Ambassador Foley was sworn in as the 25th U.S. Ambassador to Japan on November 6, 1997. As the United States' senior diplomat in Japan, he gained a keen understanding of Japanese history, society and culture. Before taking up his diplomatic post, Ambassador Foley served Washington State's Fifth Congressional District Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes for 30 years. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964, he served as majority whip from 1981 to 1987 and then as majority leader until 1989. His House colleagues then selected him to be speaker of the House - a post he held for six years. In 1995 Ambassador Foley joined Akin Gump as a partner, advising clients on matters of legal and corporate strategy, including corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , dispute resolution and negotiations. Ambassador Foley has served on a number of public and private boards of directors, including the Japan-America Society of Washington. He also served on the board of advisors for the Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1964 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and historian David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University. and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. . Before his appointment as ambassador, he served as chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and its School of Law. Joel Jankowsky, national chair of Akin Gump's public law and policy practice group, commented, "Ambassador Foley is a person of the highest caliber whose knowledge and ability are widely respected around the world. The deep and lasting relationships he formed in the course of his ambassadorship, and during his speakership, will prove very valuable to Akin Gump clients with national and international business interests." Founded in 1945, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., a leading international law firm, numbers 1050 lawyers with offices in Austin, Brussels, Dallas, Denver, Houston, London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Moscow, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Riyadh (affiliate), San Antonio and Washington. 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