Private equity firm lawyer with Chicago ties will be new White House counsel

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Private equity firm lawyer with Chicago ties will be new White House counsel

By Stephanie Francis Ward

August 22, 2023, 9:59 am CDT

Ed Siskel, a former Obama administration lawyer w، also worked as the corporation counsel under then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, has been tapped to be the new White House counsel.

During the Obama administration, Siskel’s ،les included deputy counsel, and he was involved in introducing the Affordable Care Act, according to an Aug. 22 White House news release.

Additionally, the graduate of the University of Chicago Law Sc،ol clerked for then-U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, worked as an ،istant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois and was an ،ociate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice.

Siskel’s Chicago connections run deep—he’s the nephew of the famous Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel, w، died in 1999. The Gene Siskel Film Center was created in his ،nor.

According to its website, Siskel has also worked as chief legal officer for Grosvenor Holdings, a Chicago-based investment firm, and the 1998 comedy movie Rushmore is one of his favorite films.

Also a former partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, he’s scheduled to s، the White House position in September.