Appointment of C. Christopher Cox as Senior Associate Counsel to the President

The President today announced the appointment of C. Christopher Cox to be Senior Associate Counsel to the President. He will succeed David B. Waller.

Since 1984 Mr. Cox has been a partner with the law firm of Latham & Watkins in Newport Beach, CA. Prior to that time he was a lecturer on business administration at Harvard Business School (1982-1983); an associate at Latham & Watkins (1978-1982); and a clerk to the Honorable Herbert Y.C. Choy, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Cox graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in 1973. In 1977 he earned a M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, where he was on the Harvard Law Review. He was born October 16, 1952, in St. Paul, MN.