William Burck

William A. Burck was named June 8, 2007, by President George W. Bush to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Special Counsel to the President. in the Office of Counsel.

Burck, a "former corporate fraud prosecutor", who most recently served as Counselor to Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher in the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, "previously was deputy staff secretary at the White House."

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"Prior to this, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary at the White House. Earlier in his career, he served as Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Burck received his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his JD from Yale Law School."

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Bush's White House Staff

External articles

 * William Burck, Thompson Legal Record/FindLaw.com.
 * Senator Spectator, "The List," Nomination Nation Blogspot, December 1, 2000.
 * "U.S. District Court. Southern District of New York (Foley Square). CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:03-cr-00717-MGC-ALL. Case title: USA v. Stewart, et al., SaveMartha.com. Case filed June 4, 2003.
 * David Lat, "Musical Chairs: The DOJ and the White House," AboveTheLaw.com, February 23, 2007.
 * David Lat, "Musical Chairs: More Info About Bill Burck," AboveTheLaw.com, February 27, 2007.
 * "Some DoJ attorneys go where the crime is," Simply Appalling Blogspot, May 14, 2007.
 * Deb Reichmann, "White House Expands Its Legal Team," Associated Press (FederalNewsRadio.com), June 9, 2007.