Nomination of A. James Barnes To Be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture

The President today announced his intention to nominate A. James Barnes to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.

Mr. Barnes is a partner with the firm of Beveridge, Fairbanks & Diamond of Washington, D.C. He is an adjunct professor, School of Business Administration, Georgetown University. In 1973 Mr. Barnes served as assistant to the Deputy Attorney General. In 1970-73 he was assistant to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Barnes was trial attorney and special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division of the Department of Justice, in 1969-70. In 1967-69 he was assistant professor, Graduate School of Business, Indiana University.

Mr. Barnes was graduated from Michigan State University (B.A., 1964) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1967). Mr. Barnes is married to the former Sarah Jane Hughes, and they have one child. He resides with his family in Washington, D.C. Mr. Barnes was born in Napoleon, Ohio, on August 30, 1942.