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Principal Deputy General Counsel of the
Department of the Navy
FRANK R. JIMENEZ
 President George W. Bush appointed Frank R. Jimenez as Principal Deputy General Counsel for the Department of the Navy on May 30, 2004.
Mr. Jimenez was most recently the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. As Chief of Staff, he helped manage more than 9,000 employees and an annual budget surpassing $30 billion. With an emphasis on expanding homeownership among all Americans, he helped supervise the many HUD programs helping low-income Americans find homeownership and affordable housing opportunities, and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities, and people living with AIDS. Mr. Jimenez’s responsibilities also included supervising the Department’s interactions with the White House, public officials, industry groups and the general public.
Prior to arriving at HUD, Mr. Jimenez served for nearly four years in the Executive Office of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, beginning with the gubernatorial transition in 1998. For two of those years, Mr. Jimenez served as Deputy Chief of Staff, with oversight duties at various times for the Departments of Transportation, Business and Professional Regulation, Environmental Protection, Community Affairs, Elder Affairs, and Health, as well as the Agency for Workforce Innovation and the Division of Emergency Management. Mr. Jimenez also served as Acting General Counsel and as Deputy General Counsel to the Governor.
Prior to entering public service, Mr. Jimenez practiced at the Miami law firm of Steel Hector and Davis LLP, specializing in complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense, including federal class action, antitrust and product liability litigation, and representation of clients under federal grand jury and agency investigation. He joined the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 1998. Previously, Mr. Jimenez served a one-year clerkship in the chambers of Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California. Mr. Jimenez is admitted to the Bars of Florida and the District of Columbia.
Mr. Jimenez graduated with honors in 1987 from the University of Miami, where he majored in biology. He received his law degree in 1991 from the Yale Law School, where he was Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and won the Harlan Fiske Stone and Benjamin N. Cardozo Prizes for best oral argument and best brief, respectively, in the school’s moot court competition. He is presently enrolled in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is expected to earn his MBA in May 2005.
Mr. Jimenez, who is proficient in Spanish, resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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