Ed Siskel
{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ed Siskel
|image = Ed Siskel.jpg
|caption = Official portrait, 2023
|office = White House Counsel
|president = Joe Biden
|term_start = September 11, 2023
|term_end = January 20, 2025
|predecessor = Stuart Delery
|successor = David Warrington
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}}
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|relatives = Gene Siskel (uncle)
|education = Wesleyan University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)
}}
Edward N. Siskel (born 1972) is an American lawyer from Chicago who served as the White House Counsel in the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
Early life and education
Siskel was born in 1972 and grew up in Chicago.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-22 |title=President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel New White House Counsel |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=The White House |language=en-US}} He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1994.{{Cite web |date=2014-05-15 |title=Senior White House Official Edward Siskel to Join WilmerHale |url=https://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=17179872380 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020132706/https://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=17179872380 |archive-date=2015-10-20 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=WilmerHale}} He entered the University of Chicago Law School in 1997, becoming editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review. He graduated in 2000 with a Juris Doctor degree.{{Cite web |last=Kapos |first=Shia |date=2023-08-22 |title=Biden taps Chicago attorney from Rahm Emanuel’s administration as top White House counsel |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138 |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}
After law school, Siskel was a law clerk for Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2000 to 2001 and for U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens from 2001 to 2002.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2023-08-22 |title=President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel New White House Counsel |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}
Professional career
From 2002 until 2005, Siskel was a lawyer for the WilmerHale law firm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/edward-siskel-00-rejoins-wilmerhale|title=Edward Siskel '00 Rejoins WilmerHale | University of Chicago Law School|date=June 2, 2014|website=www.law.uchicago.edu}} From 2005 until 2009, Siskel was a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago and was an associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice. He later worked in the White House counsel's office during the administration of President Barack Obama, including as Deputy Counsel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/biden-taps-siskel-white-house-counsel-00112138|title=Biden taps Chicago attorney from Rahm Emanuel’s administration as top White House counsel - POLITICO}} In that role, Siskel oversaw the White House's legal responses to congressional oversight and to complex challenges such as the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.{{Cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/|title=President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel New White House Counsel|first=The White|last=House|date=August 22, 2023|website=The White House}}
Siskel then returned to private practice at WilmerHale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicago.gov/content/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2017/january/mayor-emanuel-announces-edward-siskel-as-new-corporation-counsel.html|title=Mayor Emanuel Announces Edward Siskel As New Corporation Counsel|website=www.chicago.gov}} From 2017 until 2019, he served in the office of corporation counsel for the City of Chicago under Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
From 2019 until he was named White House Counsel, Siskel was chief legal officer for Chicago-based Grosvenor Holdings LLC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/grosvenor-holdings-hires-former-city-hall-officials|title=Grosvenor Holdings hires former City Hall officials | Crain's Chicago Business}}
On August 22, 2023, Siskel was named the designate to serve as White House Counsel, replacing Stuart Delery. Siskel began serving as White House counsel in September 2023.
On March 3, 2025, it was reported that Siskel is joining the law firm of Latham & Watkins.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/biden-white-house-counsel-ed-siskel-joins-latham-and-watkins
Personal life
Siskel is the nephew of the late film critic Gene Siskel.
References
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Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
Category:United States Department of Justice lawyers
Category:University of Chicago Law School alumni