Nomination of Robert J. Kabel To Be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert J. Kabel to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term expiring September 30, 1989. He would succeed Joseph Wentling Brown.

Since 1985 Mr. Kabel has been a partner with Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Evans in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs at the White House, 1982-1985. Mr. Kabel was legislative director for Senator Richard G. Lugar, 1977-1982; and legislative assistant for Senator Paul Fannin, 1975-1977. Mr. Kabel was assistant to the Governor, Office of Governor Winfield Dunn in Nashville, TN, 1972-1975.

Mr. Kabel graduated from Denison University (B.A., 1969), Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1972), and Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1979). He served in the United States Army from December 1972 to March 1973. He was born November 30, 1946, in Burbank, CA, and he currently resides in Washington, DC.