Nomination of James H. Burnley IV To Be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation

The President today announced his intention to nominate James H. Burnley IV to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation. He would succeed John M. Fowler.

Since 1982 Mr. Burnley has been serving as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Previously he was Director of VISTA in 1981-1982; partner in the law firm of Turner, Enochs, Foster, Sparrow & Burnley in Greensboro, N.C. (1975-1981); and associate in the firm of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard in Greensboro (1973-1975).

He served on the commercial panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and was a member of the committee on administrative law of the North Carolina Bar Association.

Mr. Burnley graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1970) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1973). He is married, has one child, and resides in Falls Church, Va. He was born July 30, 1948, in Greensboro, N.C.