James Comey, the former deputy U.S. attorney general and current general counsel of Lockheed Martin, has been named chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s National Chamber Litigation Center.

The NCLC is the legal wing of the U.S. Chamber, one of the principal business lobbying groups in Washington.

Comey also served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York during the Bush Administration, and previously served as a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods. He succeeds William Torgerson, who recently retired as chief legal officer of Pepco Holdings.