The President today announced his intention to nominate J. Paul McGrath to be an Assistant Attorney General (Civil Division), Department of Justice, vice Alice Daniel.
Since his graduation from law school, Mr. McGrath has been in the general practice of law with the firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood in New York City. He concentrated mainly on litigation, especially antitrust, securities, and various other Federal court litigation for major corporate clients.
Mr. McGrath graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. (A.B., 1962) and Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1965). He resides in Montclair, N.J. He was born September 9, 1940, in Rochester, N.Y.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of J. Paul McGrath To Be an Assistant Attorney General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246604