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Potter (President of the Chicago Union Stock Yards, b. 1912, d. 18-Dec-1996, heart attack)<br><b>Mother:</b> Barbara McClurg Potter (b. 1912, d. 20-Jan-2012, lung cancer)<br><b>Brother:</b> Charles S. Potter, Jr.<br><b>Sister:</b> Barbara Fuller Potter<br><b>Sister:</b> Helen Potter Wagner<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">AB, Harvard University (1978)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/551/000068347/">JD, University of Virginia School of Law (1982)</a><br><p> <a href="/company/011/000123639/">Caplin & Drysdale</a> Partner<br> <a href="/gov/726/000116378/">US Official</a> Federal Election Commission (1991-95, as Chairman, 1994)<br> <a href="/gov/726/000116378/">US Official</a> Asst. General Counsel, Federal Election Commission (1983-85)<br> <a href="/gov/252/000127868/">US Justice Department</a> Special Assistant, Office of Legal Policy (1982-83)<br> <a href="/org/935/000111602/">American Bar Association</a> <br> <a href="/org/693/000044561/">Brookings Institution</a> Nonresident Fellow<br> <u>Campaign Legal Center</u> President and General Counsel (2002-)<br> <a href="/org/189/000118832/">District of Columbia Bar</a> 1988<br> <a href="/org/286/000357212/">Freedom First PAC</a> <br> <a href="/org/699/000169192/">Friends of Mark Foley</a> <br> <a href="/org/505/000117154/">Illinois State Bar Association</a> 1983<br> <a href="/org/519/000168015/">John McCain 2008</a> <br> <a href="/org/945/000172429/">McCain 2000</a> <br> <a href="/org/964/000172448/">McCain for Senate '98</a> <br> <a href="/org/803/000041680/">Order of the Coif</a> <br> <a href="/org/594/000165099/">Straight Talk America</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/756/000381610/">Citizen Koch (Jan-2013)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Campaign Finance Sourcebook</i> (<tt>1997</tt>)<br><i>Political Activity, Lobbying Laws and Gift Rules Guide</i> (<tt>1999</tt>)<br><i>Federal Election Law and the Internet</i> (<tt>2000</tt>)<br><i>The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook</i> (<tt>2005</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=168457"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=168457">Trevor Potter</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=168457" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>