Alito's 'Murder Board' a Mix of the Legal Elite
Ted Olson, Harriet Miers on rehearsal staff
The National Law Journal
Marcia Coyle
January 30, 2006
The well-handled U.S. Supreme Court nominee is now a fixture in the political process, and much of the credit goes to those so-called murder boards, or preparation sessions for the Senate confirmation hearings.
The lawyers participating on the murder boards represent a mix of government and nongovernment attorneys with backgrounds in the legal areas most likely to interest the senators.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito, who appears headed to near-certain confirmation in the U.S. Senate, was shepherded through all of the murder boards by a team that included Steve Schmidt, special advisor to the president in charge of the White House confirmation team, and Harriet Miers, counsel to the president.
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ALITO MURDER BOARD PARTICIPANTS WHITE HOUSE
Steve Schmidt, special advisor to the President in charge of the White House confirmation team
Harriet Miers, Counsel to the President
Bill Kelley, deputy counsel to the President
Brett Kavanaugh, assistant to the President and staff secretary
Bill Burck, deputy assistant to the President and deputy staff secretary
Bill Kelley, deputy counsel to the President
Jenny Brosnahan, associate counsel to the President
Grant Dixton, associate counsel to the President
Leslie Fahrenkopf, associate counsel to the President
Dabney Friedrich, associate counsel to the President
Richard Painter, associate counsel to the President
Ben Powell, associate counsel to the President
Naomi Rao, associate counsel to the President
Brett Gerry, associate counsel to the President
Robert F. Hoyt, executive office of the President
Shannen W. Coffin, general counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney, former partner in Washington, D.C.'s Steptoe & Johnson
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Raul Yanes, senior counsel to the attorney general
Wan Kim, assistant attorney general Civil Rights Division
Steve Bradbury, principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel
Rachel Brand, assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Richard Hertling, principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Kristi Macklin, deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Brent McIntosh, deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Gordon Todd, counsel to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division
Ryan Bound, chief of staff, Office of Legal Policy
Assistant to the Solicitor General John Elwood
Jamie Brown, Office of Professional Responsibility, former special assistant to President Bush, Legislative Affairs
Elisebeth Cook, Office of the Attorney General
U.S. SENATE
Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.
NON-GOVERNMENT
Ed Gillespie, Republican lobbyist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee
Theodore B. Olson, partner in Washington, D.C.'s Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, former Solicitor General
Adam Ciongoli, senior vice president and general counsel, Time Warner Inc., former Alito law clerk
Michael A. Carvin, partner in Washington, D.C.'s Jones Day, a former deputy assistant attorney general Office of Legal Counsel
Charles J. Cooper, partner in Washington, D.C.'s Cooper & Kirk, a former assistant attorney general Office of Legal Counsel
Timothy Flanigan, general counsel for corporate and international law, Tyco, a former deputy counsel to the President
Leonard Leo, Executive vice president of the Federalist Society
John Manning, Harvard Law
Source: Senate Judiciary Committee
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