Beth Nolan

Beth Nolan (born August 21, 1951 in New York City) is a vice president and general counsel of the George Washington University. She was Bill Clinton's final White House Counsel. She served in other White House and United States Department of Justice positions, taught law, and was in private practice.

Nolan was born in New York City, and educated at Scripps College (B.A., 1973) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). She was Editor in Chief of the Georgetown Law Journal. She was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia in 1981.

• 1980-1981 Clerk for Collins J. Seitz, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• 1981-1985 staff attorney Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel under then Assistant Attorney General of the United States Theodore Olsen
• 1985-1993 Taught at George Washington University Law School, tenured 1992, taught constitutional law, government ethics and law, and professional responsibility and ethics
• 1993-1995 Associate White House Counsel
• 1995-1996 Taught at George Washington University Law School
• 1996-1999 Deputy Assistant Attorney General in Office of Legal Counsel
• 1997-1998 Unsuccessful nominee to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Office of Legal Counsel (The Senate never voted on the nomination)
• 1999-2001 White House Counsel
• 2001 Fellow, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government
• 2002-2007 partner, at Crowell & Moring
• 2007- VP & General Counsel, GWU

• Board of Directors of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation of the National Capital Area
• Board of Advisors of the Harvard Law & Policy Review
• National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal (1993)
• Best Lawyers in America 2008
• Washington Super Lawyers 2008.

• Nolan, Beth. Removing Conflicts from the Administration of Justice: Conflicts of Interest and Independent Counsels under the Ethics in Government Act, 79 GEO. L.J. 1 (1990). K7 .E645
• Nolan, Beth. The Role of Judicial Ethics in the Discipline and Removal of Federal Judges.
• Nolan, Beth (1999-02-11). "Attorney's Fees for Legal Service Performed Prior to Federal Employment". United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 18 U.S.C. § 205 prohibits a Civil Division attorney from receiving attorney's fees for work in a case against the United States performed prior to federal employment when the right to payment depends on a finding of liability and award against the United States that takes place after the attorney's entry into federal employment.