List of White House Counsels

Below is a list of the White House Counsels of the United States. The White House Counsel is the head of the Office of White House Counsel, concerned with advising the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House. The current White House Counsel is Kathryn Ruemmler.

List of White House Counsels

Counsel	President	Years
Samuel Irving Rosenman	Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman	1943 – 1946
Clark M. Clifford	Harry S. Truman	1946 – 1950
Charles S. Murphy	Harry S. Truman	1950 – 1953
Thomas E. Stephens	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1953
Bernard M. Shanley	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1953 – 1955
Gerald D. Morgan	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1955 – 1958
David W. Kendall	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1958 – 1961
Theodore Sorensen	John F. Kennedy	1961 – 1963
Myer Feldman	Lyndon Johnson	1963 – 1965
Harry McPherson	Lyndon Johnson	1965 – 1969
Milton Serner	Lyndon Johnson	1965 – 1966
Larry Eugene Temple	Lyndon Johnson	1967 – 1969
John Ehrlichman	Richard Nixon	1969 – 1970
John Dean	Richard Nixon	1970 – 1973
Leonard Garment	Richard Nixon	1973 – 1974
William E. Casselman II	Gerald Ford	1974 – 1975
Philip W. Buchen	Gerald Ford	1974 – 1977
Robert Lipshutz	Jimmy Carter	1977 – 1979
Lloyd Cutler	Jimmy Carter	1979 – 1981
Fred Fielding	Ronald Reagan	1981 – 1986
Peter J. Wallison	Ronald Reagan	1986 – 1987
Arthur Culvahouse	Ronald Reagan	1987 – 1989
C. Boyden Gray	George H.W. Bush	1989 – 1993
Bernard W. Nussbaum	Bill Clinton	1993 – 1994
Lloyd Cutler	Bill Clinton	1994
Abner J. Mikva	Bill Clinton	1994 – 1995
Jack Quinn	Bill Clinton	1995 – 1996
Charles F.C. Ruff	Bill Clinton	1997 – 1999
Beth Nolan	Bill Clinton	1999 – 2001
Alberto Gonzales	George W. Bush	2001 – 2005
Harriet Miers	George W. Bush	2005 – 2007
Fred Fielding	George W. Bush	2007 – 2009
Greg Craig	Barack Obama	2009 – 2010
Robert Bauer	Barack Obama	2010 – 2011
Kathryn Ruemmler	Barack Obama	2011 – Present

See also

• White House Counsel
• White House Office