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Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan Delivers Meals on Wheels
Eric D. Hargan (born 1968) is an American lawyer and a shareholder with the law firm Greenberg Traurig. He was nominated on March 15, 2017, to be the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. Hargan previously served at HHS from 2003 to 2007 in the George W. Bush administration.
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- Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan Delivers Meals on Wheels
- Eric Hargan named acting HHS secretary
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Eric Hargan named acting HHS secretary
Early life and education
Hargan was born in 1968 and raised in Mounds, Illinois. Hargan received his BA in philosophy from Harvard University and his JD from Columbia Law School, where he was a senior editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Career
From 1997 to 2003, Hargan was a partner in the Chicago headquarters of the law firm of Winston & Strawn, where he specialized in corporate law, particularly mergers and acquisitions, securities, and venture capital transactions.
From 2003 to 2005, Hargan served as Deputy General Counsel of HHS for the George W. Bush administration. From 2005 to 2007, he served the Department as Principal Associate Deputy Secretary and Acting Deputy Secretary. Working closely with Secretary Mike Leavitt, Hargan oversaw the department's operations. He also served as the Regulatory Policy Officer for HHS, overseeing the development and approval of all HHS regulations and significant guidances. In addition, he led a number of initiatives at the department, including implementing the President's Management Agenda, combating bio-terrorism, and public health emergency preparedness. He represented Secretary Leavitt on the boards of the American Red Cross and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Hargan left the government in 2007 and joined the health law department of law firm McDermott Will & Emery. Hargan joined the health and FDA business development practice of law firm Greenberg Traurig in June 2010. He is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Health & FDA Business Practice.
In 2014, Hargan worked on Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner's health care transition team.
Following the election of Donald Trump, Hargan was on the administration's HHS transition team. On March 15, 2017, Hargan was nominated to be the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. His confirmation hearing was held on June 7, 2017.
Personal life
Hargan lives in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, with his wife, Emily, and their two sons. Hargan served as a professor at Loyola Law School, teaching healthcare regulations and administrative law.