[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 18, 1992]
[Pages 471-472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Joshua B. Bolten as Deputy Assistant to the President and 
Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs

March 18, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to appoint Joshua B. 
Bolten, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Assistant to the 
President and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. He would 
succeed Stephen T. Hart, who will be joining the Department of 
Transportation as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industry Liaison.
    Since 1989, Mr. Bolten has served as General Counsel at the Office 
of the U.S. Trade Representative. Previously he served as international 
trade counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. In 1984-85, prior 
to joining the finance committee, Mr.

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Bolten was in private practice in international trade law with the 
Washington, DC, office of O'Melveny & Myers. From 1981 to 1984, he 
worked in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State, 
providing legal counsel primarily to the Bureau of Inter-American 
Affairs. He also served as executive assistant to the Director, 
Kissinger Commission on Central America. During 1980-81, Mr. Bolten 
served as a law clerk at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco.
    Mr. Bolten received his undergraduate degree in 1976 from Princeton 
University. He graduated in 1980 from Stanford Law School, where he was 
an editor of the Stanford Law Review.