The President today announced his intention to nominate William Pelham Barr to be an Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel). He would succeed Douglas W. Kmiec.
Since 1985 Mr. Barr has been a partner with the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge in Washington, DC, and an associate, 1983 - 1985. Prior to this he was Deputy Assistant Director for Legal Policy in the Office of Policy Development at the White House, 1982 - 1983. He was an associate with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, 1978 - 1982; and a law clerk to the Honorable Malcolm Richard Wilkey, U.S. circuit judge, 1977 - 1978. From 1973 to 1977, Mr. Barr was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC.
Mr. Barr graduated from Columbia University (B.A., 1971; M.A., 1973) and George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1977). He was born May 23, 1950, in New York City. He is married and has three children.
George Bush, Nomination of William Pelham Barr To Be an Assistant Attorney General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/248129