Career at a glance
Bill Hughes
Vice President, Legal & Policy · RoboStrategy
Washington, DC
J.D. University of Virginia · B.A. Vanderbilt
01 · CourtFederal clerkship, New York
02 · FirmSullivan & Cromwell
03 · White HouseSpecial Assistant to the President
04 · JusticeAssociate Deputy Attorney General
05 · CryptoConsensys · MetaMask
06 · RoboticsRoboStrategy
2026 —
Vice President, Legal & Policy
RoboStrategy · publicly listed robotics and embodied-AI investment company
Leads legal and compliance; shapes the firm's engagement with policymakers as the U.S. sets its national robotics strategy.
Humanoid roboticsPhysical AINational strategy
2021 – 2026
Senior Counsel & Director of Global Regulatory Matters
Consensys · the company behind MetaMask
Regulatory strategy for the leading Ethereum software company. Sued the SEC in 2024; the SEC's action against Consensys was dismissed in 2025. Testified twice before the U.S. House.
Self-custodyDeFiCLARITY ActConsensys v. SEC
2022 – 2026
Board Member, Blockchain Association
Two terms · also Legal Advisor to Ethereal Ventures
Industry's principal trade association, including its 2024 challenge to the IRS broker rule.
2019 – 2021
Associate Deputy Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Regulations, legislative proposals, and policy across the Civil, Antitrust, Tax, and Environment & Natural Resources Divisions. Coordinated DOJ's response to COVID-19 fraud and money laundering.
2017 – 2019
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Oversaw operational components of the Executive Office of the President with the U.S. Secret Service and the White House Military Office.
Earlier
Litigator & Federal Law Clerk
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP · U.S. federal court, New York
Clerked for a federal judge, then litigated at Sullivan & Cromwell.
2Appearances as a witness before the U.S. House, 2023 and 2025
5Years leading global regulatory matters at Consensys
4Years on the board of the Blockchain Association
3Branches of experience: courts, the Executive Branch, industry