Nomination of Alex Kozinski To Be Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate Alex Kozinski to be Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board for a term of 5 years.

Mr. Kozinski was deputy legal counsel to the office of the President-elect from November 1980 to January 1981. He was an associate of the firm of Covington & Burling of Washington, D.C., in 1979-81. He specialized in appellate litigation. Previously, in 1977-79, he was an associate with the firm of Forry, Golbert, Singer & Gelles of Los Angeles, Calif.

In 1976-77 Mr. Kozinski was clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States. He was clerk to Judge Anthony M. Kennedy, Court for the Ninth Circuit, Sacramento, Calif., in 1975-76. Mr. Kozinski is a member of the California and District of Columbia Bar Associations.

Mr. Kozinski was graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., 1972; J.D., 1975). He was managing editor and an associate editor of the UCLA Law Review.

He was born in Bucharest, Romania, on July 23, 1950. He is married and resides in Washington, D.C.