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W. Lee Rawls - Senior Counsel to the Director

Mr. Rawls was named the FBI Director's Senior Counsel in September 2007. He had returned to the Bureau in April 2006 as Chief of Staff to the Director, and he had previously served in the Director's Office as Counsel and Chief of Staff from 2001-2003.

In the more than 30 years that he has worked in Washington, Mr. Rawls has also been Chief of Staff to Majority Leader Bill Frist, Chief of Staff to Senator Pete Domenici, and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Previously he has been a partner in the law firms of Vinson & Elkins and Baker, Donelson. Additionally, he served as Vice President for Government Relations at The Biotechnology Industry Organization and as a Vice President for the lobbying firm of Van Scoyoc Associates. He presently holds a position as adjunct professor at the college of William and Mary.

He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from George Washington University.