Beth Nolan
| Beth Nolan | |
|---|---|
| White House Counsel | |
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In office September 1999 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Chuck Ruff |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Gonzales |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 21, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Scripps College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Beth Nolan (born August 21, 1951 in New York City) is a vice president and general counsel of the George Washington University. She was Bill Clinton's final White House Counsel. She served in other White House and United States Department of Justice positions, taught law, and was in private practice.
Nolan was born in New York City, and educated at Scripps College (B.A., 1973) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). She was Editor in Chief of the Georgetown Law Journal. She was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia in 1981.
She testified on March 5, 2001 before the House Government Reform Committee that Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich did not advance President Clinton's financial interests, but that she had personally opposed it.
President Clinton nominated her in 1997 to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States for the Office of Legal Counsel, but the United States Senate did not confirm her. Along with Webster Hubbell and Vince Foster, she had helped Ira Magaziner prepare an affidavit explaining why he was not required to reveal who had participated in the formulation of the failed 1993 Clinton health care plan. United States District Court judge Royce Lamberth called the affidavit a lie, although an appellate court held Magaziner had acted in good faith - after her nomination had failed.
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