President Joe Biden named Chicago attorney Edward “Ed” Siskel White House counsel Tuesday.
Siskel, who was Chicago’s corporation counsel under Mayor Rahm Emanuel and White House deputy counsel under President Barack Obama, will also work as assistant to the president, according to a White House news release.“First as a federal prosecutor and then as the top counsel for one of America’s biggest and most vibrant cities, his hometown of Chicago, Ed has shown a deep commitment to public service and respect for the law,” Biden wrote in a statement.
As White House counsel, Siskel will lead an office that handles presidential pardons, works on judicial appointments and reviews legislation. The office also manages congressional investigations into the administration and responds to lawsuits brought against the president in his official capacity. A former constitutional law student of Obama’s at the University of Chicago, Siskel also clerked for U.S. Justice John Paul Stevens and worked as federal prosecutor in Chicago during U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s corruption-busting years, including arguing the fraud trial of newspaper publisher Conrad Black.
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