Our Team
James F. Green, Partner
Jim began his Washington career in 1993 at the legislative law firm of Patton, Boggs and Blow. He spent his associate years first as a general legislative counsel and became the firm's principal counsel and lobbyist during the negotiation and passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Jim joined FCC as Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA) in July 1997, becoming the Commission's Acting Legislative Director only six weeks later. In that role he supervised congressional relations during the last four months of Chairman Reed Hundt's tenure, while simultaneously managing the successful Senate confirmation of incoming Chairman William Kennard, as well as those of subsequent Chairman Michael Powell and Commissioners Gloria Tristani and Harold Furchtgott-Roth. It was the First time since 1934 that four nominees, two from each major political party, had come up for confirmation simultaneously. For his effort on those nominations, which helped produce a combined Senate vote of 399 to 1 for the four nominees, Jim received Chairman Kennard's Special Service Award.
Subsequently, Jim joined the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau as the Chairman's Special Counsel, where he was given a second Special Service Award for facilitating negotiations among the White House, the Congress, local and Federal Law Enforcement, the CIA and other intelligence agencies, the State Department, consumer privacy advocates and all sectors of the telecommunication industry concerning implementation of the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which updated the application of wiretap laws to modern digital communication technologies.
In 1999, Jim served on detail from the FCC as a Senate Fellow in the Offices of Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND). He also served as general telecommunications advisor to those offices and to the Democratic Policy Committee, where Jim drafted a comprehensive policy paper on the deployment of broadband technologies for the Democratic leadership.
Since rejoining private practice in January 2000, Jim has primarily represented telecommunications firms and high-tech companies before Congress (particularly the Senate and House Judiciary Committees), the Executive Branch and it's agencies, and the FCC and other independent federal agencies, first as Telecommunications Counsel at Patton Boggs, then as principal partner at Tongour, Simpson, Holsclaw, Green and, finally, as a partner of Mercury Strategies.
An expert in both privacy and cybersecurity policy, Jim has served as Executive Director of the Location Privacy Association and is a member of the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Digital Due Process Coalition. An experienced antitrust attorney and policy advocate, Jim has participated, either as a private advocate or an FCC analyst, in most of the major telecommunication mergers from MCI/Worldcom to AT&T/T-Mobile. He has also worked on non-telecom mergers such as American/US Airways and Hispanic Broadcasting Corp./Univision, and has represented the Medical Device Manufacturers Association on antitrust and other issues. Jim has also worked at the nexus of telecommunications and tax policy for several clients.
He holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. in English from Cornell, as well as undergraduate degrees in English and French from the University of Illinois, as well as in French literature from the Sorbonne (Paris IV).
Andrew (“Drew”) J. Fields, Partner
Drew Fields has spent his entire 16-year professional career either working for a member of Congress or representing major corporations with interests before the United States Senate and House of Representatives. He joined Mercury Strategies as a principal partner in January of 2007.
Drew’s Hill career included seven years on Senator Jay Rockefeller’s legislative staff, where he was responsible for all issues before the Senate Commerce Committee. He worked on all issues under the Committee’s jurisdiction, including telecommunications, aviation, surface transportation, technology, oceans, shipping, and consumer issues, acquiring significant substantive and political knowledge in each area. Drew’s particular focus, however, has been on telecommunications policy. He worked on all aspects of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, both prior to its enactment and during its implementation by the FCC. In addition to his Commerce Committee responsibilities, Drew also worked on Banking, Energy, Labor, Environmental, Agricultural and Economic Development issues.
In 1998, Drew left Senator Rockefeller’s office to become Executive Director for Congressional Affairs for a Regional Bell Operating Company, US WEST. He represented the company before Congress, for which he received the company’s prestigious President’s Club Award for excellence and leadership.
After US WEST was purchased by Qwest Communications, Drew was selected to be part of a new congressional affairs team at Qwest, where he continued to represent the company before Congress. In this position he also represented Qwest before the FCC on issues relating to Universal Service and the E-Rate.
In early 2005, he founded Fields Consulting, through which he represented major telecommunications companies, such as Verizon and Bellsouth, before the Senate and the House.
Drew holds a B.A. in Journalism from Ohio University.
Anne-Marie (“Anne”) Kelley, Partner
Anne has over 20 years of extensive and varied experience in both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government. Prior to joining Mercury Strategies in 2021, she served as a political appointee at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Unique among political appointees, and a testament to her bipartisan relationships, her work spanned five Administrations and nine Chairs and Acting Chairs. As such, she has been on the front lines of almost all financial regulatory initiatives, rulemakings and legislation of the the last 14 years. During her tenure at the SEC, she served in numerous positions including Deputy Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs and Senior Advisor to Chair Mary Jo White.
Anne has successfully guided the confirmations of 19 SEC Commissions and managed hearing preparation for hundreds of congressional hearings. She understands the inner workings of the SEC, its unique rulemaking process, and how to identify procedural inflection points that maximize client opportunities. Prior to the SEC, she worked for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and for Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky. Anne’s deep experience in government regulation and legislation related to the SEC’s jurisdiction and beyond, as well as her deep knowledge of many related substantive areas, such as digital assets and blockchain technology, enable her to provide clients with valuable advice on regulatory initiatives, legislative measures and political strategy to help them achieve their objectives in Congress and in federal agencies. Anne earned a B.A. in Politics from the Catholic University of America.