$273 billion Chevron has hired R. Hewitt Pate as vice president and general counsel, effective Aug. 3.
Pate, a long-time partner at Hunton & Williams in Washington, D.C., has headed the firm’s Global Competition practice since 2005. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2005, Pate served as the assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the antitrust division, responsible for energy, transportation, and other regulatory matters from 2001 to 2003.
