15 Jul 2026
James Bair Joins Crowell & Moring as Head of Congressional Investigations
"Crowell & Moring hires former Google Regulatory Affairs Counsel James Bair as partner and Head of Congressional Investigations in its White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement practice, focusing on congressional oversight."
Bair joins Crowell & Moring from Google, where he served as Regulatory Affairs Counsel for Global Legislative Oversight. He is entering the firm as a partner and head of the Congressional Investigations team. Bair has more than a decade of experience handling high-profile congressional oversight matters as in-house counsel to a Fortune 10 technology company, a senior congressional investigator, a federal executive branch attorney, and outside counsel at a major international law firm. His work has covered issues including artificial intelligence, national security, global elections integrity, and online content moderation.
Bair previously served as senior oversight counsel for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs majority staff, directing the committee’s oversight and investigations during the 116th Congress. He also served as an attorney-adviser at the U.S. State Department, where he handled investigations into the Benghazi attacks and the email practices of a former Secretary of State. Prior to his government service, he was a white collar defense and government investigations attorney at an international law firm and served as a law clerk for the Honorable Barbara Lenk on the Massachusetts Appeals Court.