
Office of Advocacy
Chip Bishop, III
Deputy Chief Counsel
Biography
Chip Bishop is the Deputy Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy. Deputy Chief Counsel Bishop has over a decade of experience in federal service, having last served as chief economist and economics unit chief at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2022. Prior to his service at ICE, he served for seven years at the U.S. Department of Transportation as a senior economist and took details at the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Besides his tenure in the federal government, Bishop has worked at think tanks, as a teacher, and at small businesses in the U.S. and Europe.
Bishop holds an M.A. in Economics from George Mason University, a B.A. in Economics, Communication, and International Political Economy from Carthage College, and an A.A. from College of DuPage.
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March 27, 2025
Meet Chip Bishop
“We are the voice of small businesses in the regulatory process, and that starts with us listening to those voices ourselves. That means being even more accessible. That means continuing to be in the field where business owners are. That means truly listening and acting on the pain points they share with us.”
February 3, 2025
Office of Advocacy Appoints Chip Bishop to Serve as Deputy Chief Counsel
“I am proud to join the Office of Advocacy at such a pivotal moment for American small businesses”. “The Trump Administration is dedicated to cutting the red tape holding Main Street back, and I look forward to leveraging my experience to amplify the great work Advocacy, a critical regulatory watchdog, already does”.