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==Career==
In 1972 he served as strategy director for [[Electoral history of John Kerry|John Kerry for Congress]]. In 1973 he was a freelance writer and political consultant. From 1973 to 1974 he was a part time [[taxi driver]] for Cambridge Yellow Cab and later campaign director for [[Paul Guzzi|Paul Guzzi for Secretary of State]].
After graduation from law school, Kerry was an associate with [[Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr]] in Washington, D.C. (1979-1982) and served as law clerk to U.S. Senior Circuit Judge [[Elbert Tuttle]] (1978-1979), former Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] (now the Eleventh Circuit). He
In 1983, Cameron Kerry [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] from Roman Catholicism to [[Judaism]] before marrying Kathy Weinman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=13768&intcategoryid=5|title=Cameron Kerry and his in-laws talk of the Democratic frontrunner|work=Detroit Jewish News|accessdate=2006-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114113112/http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=13768&intcategoryid=5#|archive-date=2006-11-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Kerry was appointed Acting [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] on June 1, 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/commerce-leadership/cameron-kerry |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-06-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602154603/http://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/commerce-leadership/cameron-kerry |archivedate=2013-06-02}}</ref> and resumed his position as general counsel on June 26, 2013, when [[Penny Pritzker]] was sworn in as the 38th [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]. As the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, Kerry was the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce and third-ranking secretarial officer. He resigned his position on September 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cameron F. Kerry|url=https://ogc.commerce.gov/directory/cameronfkerry|website=Office of the Chief Counsel|publisher=Department of Commerce|accessdate=29 January 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He and his wife, Kathy Weinman, have two daughters and live in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>[https://ogc.commerce.gov/directory/cameronfkerry Cameron F. Kerry bio]</ref>
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