Lloyd Cutler | |
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White House Counsel | |
In office March 8, 1994 – October 1, 1994 |
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President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Bernard Nussbaum |
Succeeded by | Abner Mikva |
In office October 1, 1979 – January 20, 1981 |
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President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Robert Lipshutz |
Succeeded by | Fred Fielding |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lloyd Norton Cutler November 10, 1917 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 8, 2005 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
(aged 87)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Yale University (BA, LLB) |
Lloyd Norton Cutler (November 10, 1917 – May 8, 2005) was an American attorney, who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Presidents Carter and Clinton. He was also the trainer of the former Vice President of the European Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Stavros Lambrinidis.
Cutler was born in New York City. His father was a trial lawyer. He graduated from Yale University in 1936 aged 18, with a bachelor's degree in history and economics and was a member of Elihu. Three years later, he graduated magna cum laude from Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal.
Following his graduation, he clerked for Judge Charles Clark for a year before entering private practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
During World War II, he worked briefly for the Lend-Lease Administration, later enlisting in the U.S. Army and becoming an intelligence analyst. In 1962, he co-founded the Washington, D.C. based law firm Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, specializing in international law and public policy. He also co-chaired the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, formed at the request of President John F. Kennedy.