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died: 2019-09-14
location: "Bridgeport, Connecticut"
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William Bradford "Brad" Reynolds was born in 1942. He received a B.A. from Yale University (1964) and an LL.B. from Vanderbilt University Law School (1967), where he was Order of the Coif and editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review. After graduation he joined Sullivan & Cromwell in New York as an associate attorney (1967-1970), then served as an assistant to Solicitor General Erwin Griswold at the [[Department of Justice]] (1970-1973), and returned to private practice as a litigation partner at Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge in Washington (1973-1981). After leaving government, Reynolds became senior counsel in the antitrust and competition practice at Baker Botts LLP in Washington and argued 19 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He died September 14, 2019.[^5]
William Bradford "Brad" Reynolds was born in 1942. He received a B.A. from [[Yale University]] (1964) and an LL.B. from [[Vanderbilt University]] Law School (1967), where he was [[Order of the Coif]] and editor-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review. After graduation he joined [[Sullivan & Cromwell]] in New York as an associate attorney (1967-1970), then served as an assistant to Solicitor General [[Erwin Griswold]] at the [[Department of Justice]] (1970-1973), and returned to private practice as a litigation partner at [[Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridg]]e in Washington (1973-1981). After leaving government, Reynolds became senior counsel in the antitrust and competition practice at [[Baker Botts LLP]] in Washington and argued 19 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He died September 14, 2019.[^5]
In January 1981, President [[Ronald Reagan]] appointed Reynolds as Assistant [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] for Civil Rights at the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]], a position he held through December 1988. From 1985 to 1988 he simultaneously served as Counselor to Attorney General [[Edwin Meese]].[^5]
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### House Judiciary Committee and Bua Report
The House Judiciary Committee's September 1992 investigative report on the INSLAW affair - produced before INSLAW obtained the May 1985 letter -- found "strong evidence" that the [[Department of Justice]] had "taken, converted and stolen" INSLAW's Enhanced PROMIS through "trickery, fraud and deceit" under the direction of high-level DOJ officials, and recommended appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate further.[^2] Special Counsel [[Nicholas J. Bua]], appointed in 1993, issued a March 1994 report finding "no credible basis" for the INSLAW theft claims, placing the executive and legislative branches in direct conflict on the underlying allegation.[^3]
The House Judiciary Committee's September 1992 investigative report on the INSLAW affair - produced before INSLAW obtained the May 1985 letter - found "strong evidence" that the [[Department of Justice]] had "taken, converted and stolen" INSLAW's Enhanced PROMIS through "trickery, fraud and deceit" under the direction of high-level DOJ officials, and recommended appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate further.[^2] Special Counsel [[Nicholas J. Bua]], appointed in 1993, issued a March 1994 report finding "no credible basis" for the INSLAW theft claims, placing the executive and legislative branches in direct conflict on the underlying allegation.[^3]
Reynolds died September 14, 2019, without ever being subjected to formal questioning about the letter in a legal proceeding.