Harriet Miers

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American lawyer White House Counsel human lawyer

Harriet Miers is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President George W. Bush and was briefly nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court before withdrawing amid controversy.

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Miers ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American lawyer → White House Counsel → human → lawyer →
associatedWith	Bush administration → George W. Bush →
boardMemberOf	Texas State Bar (past leadership roles) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Southern Methodist University → Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law →
employer	George W. Bush administration → White House →
familyName	Miers →
fieldOfWork	corporate law → government law →
gender	female →
givenName	Harriet →
memberOf	Dallas Bar Association → State Bar of Texas →
name	Harriet Miers →
nominatedBy	George W. Bush →
nominatedFor	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → Supreme Court of the United States →
nominatedIn	2005 →
nominationStatus	withdrawn →
notableFor	being nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court and withdrawing →
notableWork	service as White House Counsel to President George W. Bush →
occupation	government official → lawyer →
placeOfActivity	Texas → United States federal government →
politicalParty	Republican Party →
positionHeld	Assistant to the President for Staff Operations → White House Counsel → White House Staff Secretary →
precededInOfficeBy	Alberto Gonzales →
reasonForWithdrawal	controversy over qualifications and cronyism concerns →
servedAsCounselTo	President George W. Bush →
succeededInOfficeBy	Fred F. Fielding NERFINISHED →
workLocation	Dallas, Texas → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harriet Miers ("Miers") →	familyName
Harriet Miers →	name
White House Counsel →	notableOfficeHolder
Alberto Gonzales →	succeededBy