Fred F. Fielding new White House counsel

A Commissioner on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Fred Fisher Fielding [DOB March 21, 1939] is senior partner and head of Wiley, Rein, & Fielding's Government Affairs, Business & Finance, Litigation and Crisis Management/White Collar Crime Practices. Fred F. Fielding, 202.719.7320 ffielding@wrf.com

From 1981-1986, he served as Counsel to the President of the United States, as deputy counsel from 1972-1974 and as Associate Counsel from 1970-1972. He also served as clearance counsel during the Bush-Cheney Presidential Transition. In addition to his public service as White House counsel, Fielding has served as the U.S.-designated arbitrator at the Tribunal on the U.S.-U.K. Air Treaty Dispute (1989-1994), as a member of the president's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform (1989) and as a member of the secretary of transportation's Task Force on Aviation Disasters, (1997-1998), as well as numerous other commissions.

He is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C., Federal, First, Third, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits; the U.S. Court of Military Appeals; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He holds an A.B., with honors, from Gettysburg College and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Law Review.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Counsel to the President of the United States, The White House (1981-1986); Deputy Counsel (1972-1974); Associate Counsel (1970-1972).
• Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Against the United States (9/11 Commission) (2002-2004).
• Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (1987-1995, 2002-2007).
• Member, President’s Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform (1989).
• U.S. Designated Arbitrator, Arbitration Tribunal on U.S.-U.K. Air Treaty Dispute (1989-1994).
• Clearance Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential Transition (2000-2001).
• Member, Secretary of Transportation’s Task Force on Aviation Disasters (1997-1998).
• Member, National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (2000-Present).
• Chairman, Board of Directors, National Legal Center for the Public Interest (2002-Present).
• Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, Ethics Resource Center (1993-Present).
• Trustee, Gettysburg College (1998-Present).
• Chairman, Compliance Committee and Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Hospital Center (1994-Present).
• Chair, Board of Directors, Eisenhower Institute (1999-Present).

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

• Director, American Bar Association, Central and East European Law Initiative (2002-Present).
• Member, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary (1996-2002).
• Former Director, Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Barristers Club.
• Member, Lawyers Club.
• Member, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia.

HONORS & AWARDS

• Awarded Medal of Honor, Gettysburg College (2005).
• Recognized as a “Top Criminal Defense Lawyer” and “Top Appointments Lawyer” by Washingtonian magazine (2004).
• Named “Lawyer of the Year” by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2004).
• Selected by the District of Columbia Bar as a “Legend in the Law” for professional prominence and individual impact on the law and legal profession in Washington, DC (January 2001).
• Recognized as one of "The Best Lawyers in America” for commercial litigation and government relations law (1996-2007).

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