Machalagh Carr is a trusted and strategic counselor with decades of private sector and government experience. She has nimbly navigated the intersection of congressional investigations and oversight, law, geopolitics, and policy, most recently as the top staffer in Article I as Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.  

Prior to her role as Chief of Staff, she served as General Counsel for  the Speaker and Office of the Republican Leader at the U.S. House of  Representatives. Previously, she served as General Counsel & Parliamentarian for the Committee on Ways and Means, where she handled all legal and procedural issues for the Committee. Before that, she was the  Oversight Staff Director at the Committee where she led the investigations  and oversight of all issues within the Committee’s jurisdiction. Prior to joining Ways and Means, she served as the Director of Oversight and Investigations for the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and as Senior Oversight Counsel at the Committee on Natural Resources.  

Previously, Machalagh served in the Office of Global Compliance of an international energy company where she conducted internal anti-corruption investigations, audits, and compliance reviews for the company. Before her in-house experience she practiced in the Litigation, White Collar, and  Government Investigations Group at Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP  (now Dentons). Directly after law school, Machalagh clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

She taught Trial Practice at Catholic University of America, Columbus  School of Law and lives in Virginia with her husband and three sons.

Machalagh's discussion is titled "What’s the Constitution Got to Do With it? Law and Politics in the Modern Era."