1. FROM: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=18603#axzz1iq395Nkn
In accordance with Federal Laws provided For Educational and Information Purposes – i.e. of PUBLIC Interest
Nomination of W. Lee Rawls To Be an Assistant Attorney General
June 15, 1990
The President today announced his intention to nominate W. Lee Rawls to be an Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Legislative Affairs. He would succeed Carol T. Crawford.
Since 1988 Mr. Rawls has served as a managing partner with the law firm of Baker, Worthington, Crossley,
Stansberry and Woolf in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as a partner with the law firm of Vinson and
Elkins, 1986 - 1988; resident director of Keleher and McLeod, P.A., 1985 - 1986; administrative assistant for
Senator Pete V. Domenici, 1982 - 1985; manager of Federal Government relations for the Penzoil Co., 1980 -
1982; and administrative assistant and legislative director for Senator Pete V. Domenici, 1977 - 1980. In addition,
Mr. Rawls served as a professional staff member for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works,
1975 - 1977; manager of government affairs for the Water Pollution Control Federation, 1974 - 1975; and
legislative specialist in the Office of Legislation and Subcommittee Director for Senator Howard H. Baker for the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1971 - 1974.
Mr. Rawls graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1966) and George Washington University (J.D., 1977). He
was born November 20, 1944, in Newport, RI. Mr. Rawls served in the U.S. Navy, 1967 - 1970. He is married, has
three children, and resides in Kensington, MD.