Sean G. D’Arcy represents clients on a variety of legislative, regulatory and investigative matters, focusing on financial services, health care, trade, procurement and tax issues.
Prior to joining Akin Gump in 1993, Mr. D’Arcy was counsel to Rep. Donald J. Pease (D-OH) who served on the Ways and Means and Budget committees. During law school, Mr. D’Arcy worked for Reps. Michael A. Andrews (D-TX) and Joseph D. Early (D-MA). He also served as a staff assistant in the Office of Chief Staff Counsel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Mr. D’Arcy remains active in national Democratic politics. Most recently, he ran the Obama campaign’s get-out-the-vote operations in four counties in northeast Ohio. In 2006, he participated in Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) successful election campaign. In 2004, Mr. D’Arcy served as the senior advisor in Summit County, Ohio, for Sen. John Kerry’s (D-MA) presidential campaign. He also participated in Sen. Kerry’s successful campaign to win the Iowa Caucus in 2004.
Mr. D’Arcy received his B.A. in history in 1984 from Fairfield University. He received his J.D. in 1991 from the Catholic University of America, where he was a senior staff member of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy and a member of the Thurgood Marshall American Inn of Court. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Massachusetts bars.