Cameron Kerry

Cameron Forbes Kerry (born September 6, 1950) is an American attorney who served as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is the younger brother of John Kerry and a member of the Forbes family. Early life and education Cameron Forbes Kerry was born in Washington, D.C. He is the fourth child of U.S. diplomat Richard Kerry and Rosemary Forbes of the Forbes family and Dudley–Winthrop family. He graduated from Harvard College in 1972 and Boston College Law School in 1978. Career In 1972 he served as strategy director for John Kerry for Congress. In 1973 he was a freelance writer and political consultant. From 1973 to 1974, he was a part time taxi driver for Cambridge Yellow Cab and later campaign director for Paul Guzzi for Secretary of State. After graduation from law school, Kerry was an associate with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C. (1979–1982) and served as law clerk to U.S. Senior Circuit Judge Elbert Tuttle (1978–1979), former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (now the Eleventh Circuit). He was an Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications Law at Suffolk University Law School and has written on First Amendment and cable television issues from 1997 to 2002. From 1983 to 2009 he was an associate and partner with Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo. In 1976 he was an intern for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Consumer Affairs. He was a summer associate with Ropes & Gray in 1977. In 1982 he served as campaign director for John Kerry for Lieutenant Governor. In 1983, Cameron Kerry converted from Roman Catholicism to Judaism before marrying Kathy Weinman. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Austria who converted to Catholicism.