Robert F. "Bob" Bauer is an American attorney who previously served as White House Counsel under President Barack Obama .
Education [ edit ]
Bauer graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1970, from Harvard College in 1973, and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1976.
White House Counsel [ edit ]
He is a partner at Perkins Coie . In November 2009, he was named to be the next White House Counsel ,[1] upon the resignation of Gregory Craig .[2] Bauer was President Obama's personal attorney and the general counsel of the Obama for America presidential campaign prior to his appointment as White House Counsel. He has also previously served as the general counsel to the Democratic National Committee ,[3] and had advised President Obama since Mr. Obama came to Washington, D.C. in 2005 as U. S. Senator.[4]
As general counsel for the 2008 campaign, Bauer asked the Justice Department to investigate the officers and donors of American Issues Project after it ran a negative ad about Obama.[5]
On Thursday, June 2, 2011, the White House Press Office stated that Bauer would be returning to private practice at Perkins Coie, and that Principal Deputy Counsel to the President Kathryn Ruemmler (his deputy, in that office since January 2010 and before that since January 2009 as Principal Associate Deputy U.S. Attorney General) would succeed him. The position, because it is part of the Executive Office staff that personally advises the President and is not an agency or Cabinet department or military head, does not require Senate confirmation despite the prominence of the office.
Bauer returned to private practice to again represent the president’s election team and the Democratic National Committee . “Bob was a critical member of the White House team,” Mr. Obama said. “He has exceptional judgment, wisdom and intellect, and he will continue to be one of my close advisers.”
Personal life [ edit ]
Bauer is married to Anita Dunn , the former director of communications at the White House. He has four children, a daughter in-law, and a grandson.[4] In 2008, Bauer and Dunn were described as Washington's new "power couple" by Newsweek magazine.[6]
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Office
Name
Term
Office
Name
Term
White House Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Rahm Emanuel
Pete Rouse
William M. Daley
Jack Lew
Denis McDonough
Mona Sutphen
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Rob Nabors
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–17
2009–11
2011–13
2013–15
National Security Advisor
Deputy National Security Advisor
Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
Jim Jones
Thomas E. Donilon
Susan Rice
Thomas E. Donilon
Denis McDonough
Tony Blinken
Avril Haines
Douglas Lute †
2009–10
2010–13
2013–17
2009–10
2010–13
2013–14
2015–17
2009–13
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Jim Messina
Alyssa Mastromonaco
Anita Decker Breckenridge
2009–11
2011–14
2014–17
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications
Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security
Ben Rhodes
John O. Brennan
Lisa Monaco
2009–17
2009–13
2013–17
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning
Mark B. Childress
Kristie Canegallo
2012–14
2014–17
Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough
2009–10
Senior Advisor to the President
David Axelrod
David Plouffe
Daniel Pfeiffer
Shailagh Murray
2009–11
2011–13
2013–15
2015–17
White House Communications Director
Anita Dunn
Daniel Pfeiffer
Jennifer Palmieri
Jen Psaki
2009
2009–13
2013–15
2015–17
Senior Advisor to the President
Counselor to the President
Pete Rouse
Brian Deese
Pete Rouse
John Podesta
2009–10
2015–17
2011–13
2014–15
Deputy White House Communications Director
Jen Psaki
Jennifer Palmieri
2009–11
2011–14
Senior Advisor to the President and
Assistant to the President for
Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
Director of Public Engagement
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Director, National Economic Council
Valerie Jarrett
Christina Tchen
Jon Carson
Cecilia Muñoz
Jerry Abramson
Lawrence Summers
Gene Sperling
Jeffrey Zients
2009–17
2009–11
2011–13
2009–12
2014–17
2009–10
2011–14
2014–17
White House Press Secretary
Deputy Press Secretary
Director of Special Projects
Director of Speechwriting
White House Counsel
Robert Gibbs
Jay Carney
Josh Earnest
Bill Burton
Josh Earnest
Stephanie Cutter
Jon Favreau
Cody Keenan
Greg Craig
Robert Bauer
Kathryn Ruemmler
Neil Eggleston
2009–11
2011–13
2013–
2009–11
2011–13
2010–11
2009–13
2013–17
2009–10
2010–11
2011–14
2014–17
Deputy Director, National Economic Council
Deputy Director, National Economic Council
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Diana Farrell
Brian Deese
Jason Furman
Paul Volcker
2009–11
2011–13
2009–13
2009–11
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Phil Schiliro
Rob Nabors
Katie Beirne Fallon
2009–11
2011–13
2013–2016
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Christina Romer
Austan Goolsbee
Jason Furman
2009–10
2010–13
2013–17
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors
Katharine Abraham
2011–17
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors
Cecilia Rouse
2009–17
Director, Office of Political Affairs
Patrick Gaspard
2009–11
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Peter R. Orszag
Jack Lew
Jeffrey Zients
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Brian Deese
Shaun Donovan
2009–10
2010–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014
2014–17
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Information Officer
Aneesh Chopra
Todd Park
Megan Smith
Vivek Kundra
Steven VanRoekel
2009–12
2012–14
2014–17
2009–11
2011–14
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget
Jeffrey Zients
2009–13
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget
Jeffrey Liebman
Heather Higginbottom
Brian Deese
2010
2011–13
2013–15
Director of Scheduling and Advance
Director, White House Military Office
Alyssa Mastromonaco
2009–11
United States Trade Representative
Ron Kirk
Michael Froman
2009–13
2013–17
Cabinet Secretary
Chris Lu
2009–13
Director, Domestic Policy Council
Melody Barnes
Cecilia Muñoz
2009–12
2012–17
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council
Heather Higginbottom
2009–11
Staff Secretary
Lisa Brown
Rajesh De
Douglas Kramer
2009–11
2011–12
2012–13
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Joshua DuBois
Melissa Rogers
2009–2013
2013–17
Director, Office of Health Reform
Nancy-Ann DeParle
2009–11
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform
Jeanne Lambrew
2009–2011
Personal Aide to the President
Reggie Love
2009–11
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
Carol Browner
2009–11
Personal Secretary to the President
Katie Johnson
Anita Decker Breckenridge
Ferial Govashiri
2009–11
2011–14
2014–17
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Heather Zichal
2009–2013
Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President
Eugene Kang
2009–11
Director, Council on Environmental Quality
Nancy Sutley
2009–2014
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
Jeffrey Crowley
2009–2011
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Jackie Norris
Christina Tchen
2009
2011–17
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Gil Kerlikowske
Michael Botticelli
2009–14
2014–17
White House Social Secretary
Desirée Rogers
Julianna Smoot
Jeremy Bernard
Deesha Dyer
2009–10
2010–11
2011–15
2015–17
Director, Office of Urban Affairs
Adolfo Carrión Jr.
2009–2010
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
John Holdren
2009–17
Position
Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Steve Ricchetti
Counsel to the Vice President
Cynthia Hogan
Counselor to the Vice President
Mike Donilon
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
Evan Ryan
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications
Shailagh Murray
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Shailagh Murray
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Brian McKeon
Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady
Carlos Elizondo
National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Colin Kahl