Fred Fielding | |
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White House Counsel | |
In office January 31, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Harriet Miers |
Succeeded by | Greg Craig |
In office January 20, 1981 – May 23, 1986 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Lloyd Cutler |
Succeeded by | Peter Wallison |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 21, 1939
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Maria Dugger |
Education | Gettysburg College (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Fred Fisher Fielding (born March 21, 1939) is an American lawyer. He held the office of White House Counsel for US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush in addition to serving as an associate and deputy White House counsel for Richard Nixon under John Dean. Fielding was also counsel to the first presidential transition of Donald Trump and a member of the 9/11 Commission.[1] An alumnus of Gettysburg College, he is the namesake of that school's Fielding Center for Presidential Leadership Study.