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White House Counsel

Index White House Counsel

The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States whose role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and his Administration. [1]

57 relations: Abner Mikva, Alberto Gonzales, Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., Attorney–client privilege, Barack Obama, Bernard M. Shanley, Bernard Nussbaum, Beth Nolan, Bill Clinton, C. Boyden Gray, Charles Colson, Charles Ruff, Charles S. Murphy, Clark Clifford, David W. Kendall, Don McGahn, Donald Trump, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fred F. Fielding, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Gerald D. Morgan, Gerald Ford, Gregory B. Craig, Harriet Miers, Harry McPherson, Harry S. Truman, Impeachment, Jack Quinn (lawyer), Jimmy Carter, John Dean, John Ehrlichman, John F. Kennedy, Kathryn Ruemmler, Larry E. Temple, Lee C. White, Leonard Garment, Lloyd Cutler, Lyndon B. Johnson, Milton Semer, Myer Feldman, Neil Eggleston, Peter J. Wallison, Philip W. Buchen, President of the United States, Richard Nixon, Robert Bauer, Robert Lipshutz, Ronald Reagan, ..., Samuel Rosenman, Solicitor General of the United States, Ted Sorensen, United States Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, White House, William E. Casselman II. Expand index (7 more) »

Abner Mikva

Abner Joseph Mikva (January 21, 1926 – July 4, 2016) was an American politician, federal judge, lawyer and law professor.

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Alberto Gonzales

Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W. Bush, becoming the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date.

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Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.

Arthur Boggess Culvahouse Jr. (born July 4, 1948) is the former Chair of O'Melveny & Myers, an international law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers with offices around the world.

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Attorney–client privilege

In the law of the United States, attorney–client privilege or lawyer–client privilege is a "client's right privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney." The attorney–client privilege is one of the oldest recognized privileges for confidential communications.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Bernard M. Shanley

Bernard Michael Shanley (August 4, 1903 – February 25, 1992) was best known for his work with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Bernard Nussbaum

Bernard William Nussbaum (born March 23, 1937) is an American attorney, best known for having served as White House Counsel under President Bill Clinton.

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Beth Nolan

Beth Nolan (born August 21, 1951 in New York City) is a vice president and general counsel of the George Washington University.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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C. Boyden Gray

Clayland Boyden Gray (born February 6, 1943) is an attorney in private practice, formerly with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, then Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and now a founding partner of the D.C.-based law firm, Boyden Gray & Associates LLP.

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Charles Colson

Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012) served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.

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Charles Ruff

Charles Frederick Carson Ruff (August 1, 1939 – November 19, 2000) was a prominent American lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and was best known as the White House Counsel who defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999.

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Charles S. Murphy

Charles S. Murphy (August 20, 1909 – August 28, 1983) was an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel to President Harry S. Truman from 1950 to 1953.

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Clark Clifford

Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.

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David W. Kendall

David W. Kendall (February 11, 1903 – December 27, 1976) was an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1958 to 1961.

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Don McGahn

Donald F. McGahn II (born June 16, 1968) is an American lawyer and political figure.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Fred F. Fielding

Fred Fisher Fielding (born March 21, 1939) is an American lawyer.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Gerald D. Morgan

Gerald D. Morgan (December 19, 1908 – June 15, 1976) was born in New York, graduated from Princeton University in 1930, and Harvard Law School in 1933.

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977.

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Gregory B. Craig

Gregory Bestor "Greg" Craig (born March 4, 1945) is an American lawyer and former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2010.

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Harriet Miers

Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945) is a Republican lawyer and former White House Counsel to President George W. Bush.

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Harry McPherson

Harry Cummings McPherson, Jr. (August 22, 1929 – February 16, 2012) served as counsel and special counsel to President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 and was Johnson's chief speechwriter from 1966 to 1969.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), taking office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Impeachment

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.

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Jack Quinn (lawyer)

John Michael Quinn (born August 16, 1949) is an American lawyer and businessman.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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John Dean

John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is an investment banker, author, columnist, lecturer, and attorney who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973.

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John Ehrlichman

John Daniel Ehrlichman (March 20, 1925 – February 14, 1999) was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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Kathryn Ruemmler

Kathryn "Kathy" Ruemmler (born April 19, 1971) is an attorney who formerly served as White House Counsel to President Barack Obama.

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Larry E. Temple

Larry E. Temple (born December 26, 1935) is an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1967 to 1969.

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Lee C. White

Lee Calvin White (September 1, 1923 – October 31, 2013) was an advisor to both President Kennedy and Johnson, most notably on civil rights matters.

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Leonard Garment

Leonard Garment (May 11, 1924 – July 13, 2013) was an American attorney, public servant, and arts advocate.

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Lloyd Cutler

Lloyd Norton Cutler (November 10, 1917 – May 8, 2005) was an American attorney, who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Presidents Carter and Clinton.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

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Milton Semer

Milton Phillip Semer (March 5, 1919 – July 27, 2016) was an American lawyer.

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Myer Feldman

Myer Feldman, known as Mike Feldman (June 22, 1914 – March 1, 2007) was an American political aide in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

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Neil Eggleston

Warren Neil Eggleston (born July 5, 1953) is an American lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President Barack Obama.

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Peter J. Wallison

Peter J. Wallison (born June 6, 1941) is a lawyer and the Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Philip W. Buchen

Philip William Buchen (February 27, 1916 – May 21, 2001) was an American attorney who served as White House Counsel during the Ford Administration.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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Robert Bauer

Robert F. Bauer (born February 22, 1952) is an American attorney who previously served as White House Counsel under President Barack Obama.

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Robert Lipshutz

Robert Jerome Lipshutz (December 27, 1921 – November 6, 2010) was an American attorney who served first as the national campaign treasurer for Jimmy Carter's successful 1976 run for the United States Presidency and then as the White House Counsel from 1977 to 1979 during Carter's administration.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Samuel Rosenman

Samuel Irving Rosenman (February 13, 1896 – June 24, 1973) was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist and presidential speechwriter.

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Solicitor General of the United States

The United States Solicitor General is the fourth-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Ted Sorensen

Theodore Chaikin "Ted" Sorensen (May 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser.

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United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per, concerned with all legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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William E. Casselman II

William E. Casselman II (born July 8, 1941) is an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel to President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1975.

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Counsel to the President, Deputy White House Counsel, List of White House Counsels, Office of Counsel to the President, Office of White House Counsel, Office of the White House Counsel, White House counsel.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Counsel

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