Appointment of Richard A. Hauser as Deputy Counsel to the President

The President today announced the appointment of Richard A. Hauser as Deputy Counsel to the President.

Mr. Hauser formerly served in the Office of the Counsel to the President during the period 1973 to 1974. From 1968 to 1970, he served as law clerk to the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and from 1970 to 1971, as an assistant United States attorney in the same district. Mr. Hauser served as attorney-adviser to the Deputy Attorney General and later as the Associate Director of the Office of Justice Policy and Planning. Since 1975 Mr. Hauser has been in the private practice of law, most recently with the firm of Brodsky and Hauser P.C.

A native of Litchfield, Ill., Mr. Hauser is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton, 1965) and the University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1964).

Mr. Hauser, 38, is a member of the D.C., Virginia, and Florida Bars and is active on committees of both the American and Federal Bar Associations. He currently resides in Alexandria, Va., with his wife, the former Karen Rollow Allen of Washington, D.C.