Beth Nolan was Bill Clinton's final White House Counsel, as well as the first woman to hold the office.
16 Facts About Beth Nolan
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Beth Nolan was born in New York City, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Scripps College in 1973.
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Beth Nolan was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1981.
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From 1981 to 1985, Beth Nolan served as a staff attorney under then Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Theodore Olsen.
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From 1985 to 1993, Beth Nolan taught at George Washington University Law School, earning tenure in 1992.
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Beth Nolan began working in the White house as Associate White House Counsel, serving from 1993 to 1995.
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In 1997, Beth Nolan became the nominee to serve as Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Office of Legal Counsel, although the Senate never voted on the nomination.
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From 1999 to 2001, Beth Nolan served as White House Counsel, serving until Bill Clinton left office in January 2001.
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From 2007 until 2021, Beth Nolan was vice president and General Counsel of George Washington University.
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Beth Nolan 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.
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White House Counsel Beth Nolan testified before the committee and a skeptical chairman Dan Burton that it would take Northrop Grumman contract personal 6 months to restore the data.
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Beth Nolan said that to the best of her knowledge she knew of no evidence that anyone in the White House had attempted to conceal this noncompliance, nor that she or her office had been told of allegations of threats.
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Beth Nolan had a broad-based federal and international practice focuses on strategic counseling, congressional investigations, internal investigations and compliance, government and legal ethics, federal election law, constitutional and public policy issues, international claims, and other matters.
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Beth Nolan argued in March 2007 that the Bush administration's assertions of executive privilege were excessive in the matter of the Dismissal of US attorneys controversy, both in an op-ed article for The Washington Post and before Linda Sanchez and the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law during their Hearing on "Ensuring Executive Branch Accountability".
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Beth Nolan said the administration might lose such a claim.
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Beth Nolan has been a contributor to Wesley Clark, Emily's List and John Kerry.