New York Lawyer Picked for Associate Attorney General
President Reagan said Friday that he will name New York attorney Arnold Burns for associate attorney general, the No. 3 Justice Department post that had been sought by the department’s civil rights chief, William Bradford Reynolds.
Burns, 55, has been a partner in a Manhattan law firm since 1960. Tentative plans call for him to oversee the department’s civil, civil rights, antitrust and lands divisions.
Reynolds, assistant attorney general for civil rights, had been scheduled for promotion to associate attorney general, but he withdrew his nomination after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted not to recommend him to the full Senate because of questions about his testimony and his record on civil rights.
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