Lloyd Cutler
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Lloyd Norton Cutler (November 10, 1917–May 8, 2005) was an American attorney who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Cutler was born in New York City. His father was a trial lawyer. Cutler graduated from Yale University in 1936 at the age of 18, with a bachelor's degree in history and economics. Three years later, he graduated magna cum laude from Yale Law School. Following his graduation, Cutler clerked for Judge Charles Clark for a year before entering private practice.
During World War II, he worked briefly for the Lend-Lease Administration, later enlisting in the U.S. Army and becoming an intelligence analyst. In 1962, he co-founded the Washington, D.C. based law firm Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, specializing in international law and public policy. Later, he co-chaired the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, formed at the request of President John F. Kennedy.
Cutler was White House Counsel to Jimmy Carter, whom he met first while both served on the Trilateral Commission. He served as a special counsel and consultant to the president on the ratification of SALT II and other international matters.
Cutler also served as counsel in Bill Clinton's administration. He came into National news as a result of the Whitewater investigations and Lewinsky scandal. He went on PBS's News Hour on Feb. 6, 1998 and defend Clinton as the Lewinsky investigation started. Saying: "the 37 visits that Monica Lewinsky was supposed to have made, according to waive records. I understand that's a gross exaggeration of the number that show up on the waive records." Along with other complaint about I investigations.
In 1994, Bill Clinton was looking for new lawyer, Bernard Nussbaum resigned. Clinton hired Cutler unusual terms, Cutler got to remain as counsel at his firm and private clients whose interests as long conflict with those of the government.
On his work in Washington: "This is an excitement to us, a feeling of being in on it, and whichever part of the Washington milieu we come from, we want to play a part. That's why we're here."
On February 6, 2004, Cutler was appointed to the Iraq Intelligence Commission, an independent panel tasked with investigating U.S. intelligence surrounding the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the allegations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
On May 8, 2005, Cutler died of complications of a broken hip in Washington, D.C. at his home. He is survived by his wife, Polly Kraft, four children, two of whom are practicing lawyers and one of whom is an Alaska state judge, and his sister, Laurel Cutler.
| Preceded by Robert Lipshutz | White House Counsel 1979-1981 | Succeeded by Fred Fielding |
| Preceded by Bernard Nussbaum | White House Counsel 1994 | Succeeded by Abner Mikva |
[edit] References
- Soylent Communications Bio(With Photo) [1]
- Lloyd Norton Cutler, 2006 Encyclopædia Britannica, [2]
- Lloyd Norton Cutler, Encyclopedia Farlex, 2004, [3]
- Man in the News; A Rescuer Steeped in Washington's Ways: Lloyd Norton Cutler, NY Times, March 9, 1994, [4]
- WHITE HOUSE AIDE BECOMES SUBJECT OF NEW INQUIRIES, NY Times, March 27, 1994 [5]
- Norton Cutler obituary, NY Times, May 13, 2005, Friday: [6]
- PBS News Hour, FEB. 6, 1998 [7]
- Cutler, Business Week, Nov. 11 1996 [8]
- Quates by Lloyd Norton Cutler [9]
- PRESIDENT CHOOSES ANOTHER COUNSEL; OPENNESS IS VOWED, NY Times, March 9, 1994 [10]de:Lloyd Cutler
