| 词条 | Neil Eggleston |
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|name = Neil Eggleston |image = Neil Eggleston.jpg |office = White House Counsel |president = Barack Obama |term_start = June 2, 2014 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |predecessor = Kathryn Ruemmler |successor = Don McGahn |birth_name = Warren Neil Eggleston |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|7|5}} |birth_place = Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Penda Hair |education = Duke University (BA) Northwestern University (JD) }} Warren Neil Eggleston (born July 5, 1953)[1] is an American lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President Barack Obama. Eggleston was the fourth person to hold this post during the Obama administration. Early life and educationA native of West Lafayette, Indiana, Eggleston graduated in 1971 from West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School.[2] Eggleston earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1975[3] and then a Juris Doctor degree in 1978 from the Northwestern University School of Law.[4] From 1978 until 1979, Eggleston served as a law clerk for Judge James Hunter III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 1979 until 1980, he was a law clerk for Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger.[5] Professional careerFrom 1981 until 1987, Eggleston was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and the chief appellate attorney for the Southern District of New York. From 1987 until 1988, Eggleston served as deputy chief counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair.[6] From 1993 until 1994, he served in the White House as associate counsel to the president.[6] Eggleston's work in the Clinton administration took place during congressional investigations into Clinton's Whitewater real estate transactions.[7] After leaving the White House, Eggleston represented former colleagues during corruption investigations, including Clinton's transportation secretary, Federico Peña, and his labor secretary, Alexis Herman.[8] In both cases, no charges were ever filed.[8] In 2001, Eggleston represented Cheryl Mills, who was a board member of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library foundation, during a congressional investigation into President Clinton's last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose wife had been a foundation donor.[8] In 2005, Eggleston left the law firm of Howrey and joined the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner, where he remained until 2012.[9] In 2007, Eggleston represented Sara Taylor, who was a White House political affairs director in the George W. Bush administration, during an inquiry from a congressional oversight committee into the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy and other Bush policies that Democrats believed had politicized the work of federal agencies.[8] In 2009, Eggleston represented then-Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel during the prosecution of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.[7] Around that same time, he also represented then-Sen. Kent Conrad during a congressional ethics inquiry into a mortgage he had received from Countrywide Financial.[8] From 2012 until 2014, Eggleston was a litigation partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, based in Washington.[10] Eggleston's private sector work included helping corporations navigate regulations imposed by the Obama administration.[11] White House CounselOn April 21, 2014, the White House announced that Eggleston would become White House counsel, replacing Kathryn Ruemmler upon her departure in May 2014.[5] PersonalEggleston lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with his spouse Penda Hair, who co-founded and co-directs the civil rights organization Advancement Project. His daughter Rachel graduated from Dartmouth College in 2012 and is currently a Teach For America corps member in Rhode Island. Formerly played for the their soccer team, his son Nathaniel graduated from Duke University in 2015.[12] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=5qWyU9_SKYTL8QGp7YCABg&id=XY69sdAtC1IC&dq=born%20July%201953%20Warren%20Neil%20Eggleston&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Eggleston|title=Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: North America, South America, Central America, & the Caribbean|first=|last=Martindale-Hubbell|date=1 April 2003|publisher=Martindale-Hubbell|accessdate=25 November 2016|via=Google Books}} {{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{s-bef|before=Kathryn Ruemmler}}{{s-ttl|title=White House Counsel|years=2014–2017}}{{s-aft|after=Don McGahn}}{{s-end}}{{Obama Administration personnel}}{{White House Counsels}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Eggleston, Neil}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jconline.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/21/west-lafayette-native-named-top-obama-counsel/7979883/|title=West Lafayette native named top Obama counsel|publisher=jconline.com|accessdate=2015-02-22}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11656/Eggleston|title=W. NEIL EGGLESTON|last=|first=|date=|website=Harvard.edu|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-08}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/04/northwestern-law-alumnus-named-new-white-house-counsel.html|title=Northwestern Alum Named New White House Counsel - Northwestern.edu|publisher=northwestern.edu|accessdate=2015-07-18}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/w-neil-eggleston-white-house-counsel-105869.html|title=President Obama picks W. Neil Eggleston as new White House counsel - Jennifer Epstein and Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com|publisher=politico.com|accessdate=2015-02-22}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentid=220&itemid=10495|title=Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Lawyers|publisher=kirkland.com|accessdate=2015-02-22}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.newser.com/article/80b068bf006a44d38b43188c926854b4/neil-eggleston-clinton-white-house-lawyer-named-top-obama-counsel.html|title=Politics News Summaries - Politics News, Analysis and Opinion - Newser|publisher=|accessdate=25 November 2016}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/us/specialist-in-oversight-inquiries-to-be-named-white-house-counsel.html?_r=0|title=The New York Times|publisher=nytimes.com|accessdate=2015-02-22}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.debevoise.com/newseventspubs/news/detail.aspx?id=19ec6251-7bfe-4e1c-86fd-eb0a22762185|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211074829/http://www.debevoise.com/newseventspubs/news/detail.aspx?id=19ec6251-7bfe-4e1c-86fd-eb0a22762185|archive-date=2007-02-11|dead-url=yes|title=Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | News, Events and Publications | News | Announcements|accessdate=2015-02-22|df=}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/02/kirkland-ellis-hires-prominent-white-collar-attorney-eggleston.html|title=Kirkland & Ellis Hires Prominent White Collar Attorney Eggleston - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times|publisher=legaltimes.typepad.com|accessdate=2015-02-22}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://jconline.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/21/west-lafayette-native-named-top-obama-counsel/7979883|title=West Lafayette native named top Obama counsel|publisher=jconline.com|accessdate=2015-02-22}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Nat Eggleston Bio|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205159927&}} 12 : 1953 births|20th-century American lawyers|21st-century American lawyers|Duke University alumni|Indiana lawyers|Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States|Living people|Obama administration personnel|People from West Lafayette, Indiana|University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni|White House Counsels|Kirkland & Ellis alumni |
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