Nomination of David H. Martin To Be Director of the Office of Government Ethics in the Office of Personnel Management

The President today announced his intention to nominate David H. Martin to be Director of the Office of Government Ethics. He would succeed J. Jackson Walter.

Since 1977 Mr. Martin has been a partner in the law firm of Santarelli & Gimer in Washington, D.C. Previously he was Chief Counsel for the United States Secret Service in 1975-1977; special trial attorney in the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice in 1968-1973; and with the Department of State in the Office of the Legal Adviser in 1966-1968.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, and serves on the General Counsel's Committee of the Federal Bar Association.

He graduated from Western Maryland College (B.S., 1962) and George Washington University School of Law (LL.B., 1967). He is married, has two children, and resides in Clarksburg, Md. He was born December 5, 1939, in Bedford, Va.