Appointment of Gregory S. Walden as Associate Counsel to the President

The President today announced the appointment of Gregory S. Walden, of California, to be Associate Counsel to the President at the White House.

Since 1988 Mr. Walden has served as Chief Counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration at the Department of Transportation. Mr. Walden served with the Department of Justice in several capacities: Associate Deputy Attorney General, 1986 - 1988; Deputy Associate Attorney General, 1986; and special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division, 1983 - 1986. In addition, he served at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia as a law clerk to Robert H. Bork, Circuit Judge, 1982, and as a court law clerk, 1980 - 1982.

Mr. Walden graduated from Washington and Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1977) and the University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). He was born June 26, 1955, in Champaign, IL. Mr. Walden resides in Alexandria, VA.