Appointment of Alan Charles Raul as Associate Counsel to the President

The President today announced the appointment of Alan Charles Raul to be Associate Counsel to the President. He will succeed Deborah K. Owen.

Since 1981 Mr. Raul has been an associate in the New York and Washington offices of Debevoise & Plimpton. From 1980 to 1981, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Malcolm R. Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In addition, Mr. Raul also was a consultant to the Reagan-Bush '84 campaign in New York.

Mr. Raul was graduated from Harvard College receiving an A.B. degree in 1975. In 1977 he earned a M.P.A. degree from Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, and in 1980 a J.D. degree from Yale Law School. He was born September 9, 1954, in the Bronx, NY.