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Howard M. Radzely -- Department of Labor
Solicitor and Deputy Secretary

Howard M. Radzely was confirmed as Solicitor on December 9, 2003. Mr. Radzely had been serving as the Acting Solicitor since January 7, 2003. The Solicitor is the principal legal officer of the Department of Labor, with responsibility for overseeing litigation conducted by the Department and for providing legal advice to the Secretary and other senior officials in connection with the laws the Department administers, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, and ERISA. Mr. Radzely joined the Department of Labor on June 4, 2001 as the Deputy Solicitor of Labor and was previously the Acting Solicitor of Labor from June 2001 to January 2002. Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Radzely was in private practice in Washington, D.C. concentrating in labor and employment law. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School, where he served on the Harvard Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Radzely clerked for the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and for the Honorable Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Radzely and his wife Lisa have two children.

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