1. CJ Mahoney was born in Russell, Kansas and attended Russell High School.
12 Facts About CJ Mahoney
1. 2.
CJ Mahoney clerked for Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
3.
CJ Mahoney clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy from 2007 to 2008.
4.
The United States Senate unanimously confirmed CJ Mahoney to serve as Deputy United States Trade Representative on March 1,2018.
5.
CJ Mahoney led efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and secure passage of its successor agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, in the US Congress.
6.
CJ Mahoney oversaw the United States Trade Representative's digital trade initiatives and helped launch free trade agreement talks with the United Kingdom and Kenya.
7.
CJ Mahoney negotiated and signed an agreement between the United States and the African Union to support implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
8.
CJ Mahoney resigned as Deputy United States Trade Representative in October 2020.
9.
CJ Mahoney's nomination drew praise from members of the Federal Government of Mexico with whom he had worked during the USMCA negotiations and from prominent critics of the Trump Administration, including former Legal Adviser John Bellinger and former Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith.
10.
On February 26,2021, Microsoft announced that CJ Mahoney had joined the tech giant as Deputy General Counsel, US International Trade and Azure.
11.
CJ Mahoney has served on the Yale Law School Fund Board and as a visiting clinical lecturer at the law school where he taught a course on international arbitration.
12.
CJ Mahoney is the nephew of Emmy-nominated actress Marj Dusay.