Appointment of Jeffrey R. Holmstead as an Associate Counsel to the President

The President today announced the appointment of Jeffrey R. Holmstead to be Associate Counsel to the President at the White House.

Since September 1989 Mr. Holmstead has served as Assistant Counsel to the President. Prior to this, he served as an associate with the law firm of Davis Polk and Wardwell, 1988 - 1989; a law clerk to the Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, 1987 - 1988; and a summer associate with the law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore, 1987.

Mr. Holmstead graduated from Brigham Young University (B.A., 1984) and Yale Law School (J.D., 1987). He was born June 20, 1960, in American Fork, Utah. Mr. Holmstead is married, has one daughter, and resides in Washington, DC.