J. Michael Farren

J. Michael Farren
United States Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
In office
June 1989 – May 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
SecretaryRobert Mosbacher
Rockwell A. Schnabel (acting)
Barbara Franklin
Preceded byW. Allen Moore
Succeeded byTimothy Hauser (acting)
Director of the Office of Business Liaison, United States Department of Commerce
In office
June 1983 – March 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
SecretaryMalcolm Baldrige Jr.
Director of the Office of the White House Liaison, United States Department of Commerce
In office
August 1981 – June 1983
PresidentRonald Reagan
SecretaryMalcolm Baldrige Jr.
Personal details
Born
John Michael Farren

(1952-11-21) November 21, 1952 (age 71)
Waterbury, Connecticut
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Mary Margaret Scharf
(m. 1997; div. 2011)
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EducationFairfield University (BA)
Trinity College (M.P.P.)
University of Connecticut (JD)

John Michael Farren (born November 21, 1952) is a former American lawyer[2][3][4] who served as Deputy White House Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the President under the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009. Farren also served as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the United States Department of Commerce and head of the International Trade Administration under the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1992. He is currently serving a 15-year jail sentence for the attempted murder of his then-wife.[5]

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  5. ^ "U.S. Former Deputy White House Counsel's Ex-Wife Recalls Flashlight Attack That Nearly Killed Her". 2015-02-05.