Parker McCay

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There is specualtion -- unconfirmed by the Transition Office -- that Kris Kolluri is the leading candidate for state Transportation Commissioner. An attorney at Parker McCay, Kolluri served as Chief of Staff to the New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation, as Assistant Commissioner of Transportation, as Chief of Staff to Congressman Rush Holt, and on the staffs of House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt and Congressman Rob Andrews. Born in India, Kolluri is a graduate of Rutgers University; he received a masters degree from John Hopkins and a law degee from Georgetown. Parker McCay is a politically powerful South Jersey law firm founded by former Senate Minority Leader, Assembly Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Barry Parker; partners include the brother of South Jersey Democratic leader George Norcross and the brother of former Republican National Chairman Ed Gillespie.