Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr.

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Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr. is the Chair of O’Melveny & Myers, an international law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers with offices around the world. Culvahouse practiced law with O’Melveny & Myers from 1976 to 1984, and from 1989 until the present.

From June 1973 until November 1976, he was Chief Legislative Assistant/Counsel to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.

From 1987 - 1989, Arthur Culvahouse served as Counsel to the President of the United States. As White House Counsel, he advised President Reagan on matters ranging from Iran-Contra investigations, to the Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Anthony Kennedy, to the legal aspects of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

From 1990 through 1992, he served as a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Nuclear Failsafe and Risk Reduction, appointed by the Secretary of Defense, to evaluate and recommend improvements in the United States’ Nuclear Command and Control System.

In December 1992, the Secretary of Defense awarded Culvahouse the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Culvahouse’s prior service on boards and commissions includes service on the Supreme Court Fellows Commission (2002-2005), the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy (1989-1991), and the Counterintelligence Advisory Panel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1989-1990).

In May 2008, Culvahouse was chosen to head presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain's search for a Vice Presidential running mate. [1]