Nomination of J. Michael Farrell To Be General Counsel of the Department of Energy

The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Michael Farrell to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy. He would succeed Theodore J. Garrish.

Since 1983 Mr. Farrell has been vice president of Global USA, Inc. He also serves as counsel to the law firm of Glynn & Graham and legislative counsel to the firm of Nofziger & Bragg. In 1982-1983 he was at the Department of State as a coordinator of the Caribbean Basin Initiative. He served at the White House as Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel (1981-1982) and Assistant Counsel in the Office of the Counsel to the President (1981). Prior to this time he was a member of the law firms of O'Connor & Farrell (1968-1977; 1979-1981) and Farrell & Daly (1978). He was Assistant Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, at the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in 1966-1967.

He graduated from Georgetown University (B.S., 1963) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1966). He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born March 30, 1941, in Washington, DC.