Nomination of Joseph Wentling Brown To Be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States

The President today announced his intention to nominate Joseph Wentling Brown to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department of Justice, for the term expiring September 30, 1986. This is a reappointment.

Mr. Brown is a partner with the law firm Jones, Jones, Bell, Close & Brown, Ltd., in Las Vegas, NV. Previously he served as associate attorney with the firm of Laxalt, Bell, Berry, Allison & LeBaron in 1969-1971. He has been a member of the board of litigation for the Mountain States Legal Foundation since 1978. He served as commissioner of the Nevada Department of Wildlife in 1979-1982.

He graduated from the University of Virginia (B.A., 1965) and Washington & Lee University (LL.B., 1968). He is married, has four children, and resides in Las Vegas, NV. He was born July 31, 1941, in Norfolk, VA.