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{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1972)}} |
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|name = Ed Siskel |
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|office = [[White House Counsel]] |
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|status = Designate |
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|president = [[Joe Biden]] |
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|term_start = September 2023 |
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|predecessor = [[Stuart Delery]] |
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|successor = Incumbent |
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== Early life and education == |
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== Professional career == |
== Professional career == |
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From 2002 until 2005, Siskel was a lawyer for the [[WilmerHale]] law firm.<ref>https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale</ref> From 2005 until 2009, Siskel was a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago and was an associate deputy attorney general in the [[United States Department of Justice]]. He later worked in the White House counsel's office during the administration of President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138</ref> |
From 2002 until 2005, Siskel was a lawyer for the [[WilmerHale]] law firm.<ref>https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale</ref> From 2005 until 2009, Siskel was a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago and was an associate deputy attorney general in the [[United States Department of Justice]]. He later worked in the White House counsel's office during the administration of President [[Barack Obama]], including as Deputy Counsel.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138</ref> In that role, Siskel oversaw the White House's legal responses to congressional oversight and to complex challenges such as the rollout of the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Siskel then returned to private practice at [[WilmerHale]].<ref>https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2017/january/mayor-emanuel-announces-edward-siskel-as-new-corporation-counsel.html</ref> From 2017 until 2019, he served in the office of corporation counsel for then-Chicago Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]].<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/</ref> |
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From 2019 until he was named White House Counsel, Siskel was chief legal officer for Chicago-based Grosvenor Holdings LLC.<ref>https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/grosvenor-holdings-hires-former-city-hall-officials</ref> |
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On August 22, 2023, Siskel was named the designate to serve as White House Counsel, replacing [[Stuart Delery]]. Siskel will begin serving as White House counsel in September 2023.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/</ref> |
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== Personal == |
== Personal == |
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Revision as of 13:26, 22 August 2023
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Edward N. Siskel (born 1972) is an American lawyer from Chicago who is the designate to serve as White House Counsel in the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
Early life and education
A Chicago native,[1] Siskel earned an undergraduate degree in 1994 from Wesleyan University.[2][3]
Siskel earned a law degree in 2000 from the University of Chicago Law School,[4] where he was a student of future President Barack Obama and where he was editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review.[5][6] From 2000 until 2002, Siskel was a law clerk first for United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson and then for United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.[7][8]
Professional career
From 2002 until 2005, Siskel was a lawyer for the WilmerHale law firm.[9] From 2005 until 2009, Siskel was a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago and was an associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice. He later worked in the White House counsel's office during the administration of President Barack Obama, including as Deputy Counsel.[10] In that role, Siskel oversaw the White House's legal responses to congressional oversight and to complex challenges such as the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.[11]
Siskel then returned to private practice at WilmerHale.[12] From 2017 until 2019, he served in the office of corporation counsel for then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.[13]
From 2019 until he was named White House Counsel, Siskel was chief legal officer for Chicago-based Grosvenor Holdings LLC.[14]
On August 22, 2023, Siskel was named the designate to serve as White House Counsel, replacing Stuart Delery. Siskel will begin serving as White House counsel in September 2023.[15]
Personal
Siskel is the nephew of the late film critic Gene Siskel.[16]
References
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/
- ^ https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale
- ^ https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale
- ^ https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138
- ^ https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale
- ^ https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/
- ^ https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale
- ^ https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/
- ^ https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2017/january/mayor-emanuel-announces-edward-siskel-as-new-corporation-counsel.html
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/
- ^ https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/grosvenor-holdings-hires-former-city-hall-officials
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/
- ^ https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138