Appointment of J. Michael Shepherd as Associate Counsel to the President

The President today announced the appointment of J. Michael Shepherd to be Associate Counsel to the President.

Since 1984 Mr. Shepherd has been a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy, United States Department of Justice. He was a special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, 1982-1984; associate, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA, 1980-1982; and assistant director, policy coordination, Reagan-Bush Presidential transition team, 1980-1981.

Mr. Shepherd graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1977) and the University of Michigan School of Law (J.D., 1980). He is married, has one child, and resides in Bethesda, MD. Mr. Shepherd was born August 1, 1955, in St. Louis, MO.