Appointment of Carl S. Rauh as a Member of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission

The President today appointed Carl S. Rauh to be a member of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission for the remainder of the term expiring July 23, 1990. He would succeed Philip A. Lacovara.

Mr. Rauh has been a partner in the law firm of Dunnells, Duvall, Bennett & Porter since 1980. Previously, he served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (Court appointed, 1979), and Principal Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in 1974-1979. He served as First Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Virgin Islands, in 1972-1973. He was an attorney with the Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice in 1969-1971. He also served as Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in 1966-1969.

Mr. Rauh graduated from Columbia University (A.B., 1962), the University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1965), and Georgetown University (LL.M., 1968). He was born December 14, 1940, in Washington, DC, where he now resides.