COMPANY

Founded 1919 by J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling. 600 lawyers.

Official Website:
http://www.cov.com/

Industry:
Legal

Corporate headquarters:
Washington, DC

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dean Acheson	Government	11-Apr-1893	12-Oct-1971	US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Michael D. Barnes	Politician	3-Sep-1943		Congressman from Maryland, 1979-87
John Bolton	Government	20-Nov-1948		US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06
Michael Boudin	Judge	29-Nov-1939		1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Stuart Eizenstat	Diplomat	15-Jan-1943		US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Victoria Espinel	Government	c. 1967		White House Copyright Czar
Douglas H. Ginsburg	Judge	25-May-1946		US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Jack Goldsmith	Government	26-Sep-1962		The Terror Presidency
Eric H. Holder, Jr.	Government	21-Jan-1951		US Attorney General
Alex Kozinski	Judge	23-Jul-1950		Chief Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard A. Meserve	Attorney	20-Nov-1944		President of the Carnegie Institution
John R. Purcell	Business	c. 1932		Grenadier Associates, Ltd.
Mitchell B. Reiss	Government	?		Director of Policy Planning, 2003-05
Charles F. C. Ruff	Attorney	1-Aug-1939	19-Nov-2000	Clinton's impeachment attorney
Togo West	Government	21-Jun-1942		US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.	Attorney	13-Nov-1942		Former Partner, Covington & Burling
Diane P. Wood	Judge	4-Jul-1950		7th Circuit Court of Appeals

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeffrey Connaughton	Attorney	c. 1959		Lobbyist, Quinn Gillespie
Nancy-Ann DeParle	Business	17-Dec-1956		Health care administrator
Henry H. Fowler	Government	5-Sep-1908	3-Jan-2000	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68

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