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Trevor Morrison returns to his position as professor and vice dean of Columbia Law School after serving as Associate Counsel to President Barack Obama.

No stranger to Washington, Morrison clerked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg and worked two years in high-profile offices within the Justice Department. Still, Morrison admitted that his most recent adventure was a “whole other thing.”

“When Trevor joined the office everyone knew we were getting a brilliant lawyer and scholar,” said Daniel Meltzer, the President’s Principal Deputy Counsel. “His work so impressed everyone there was no doubt that if we could get him to join the White House counsel’s staff that would be a great benefit for the administration.”

Morrison helped to draft executive orders that Obama would issue two days into his presidency while serving on the president’s transition team.

“On the first day and the last day and every day in between it was both a great honor and very exciting to be working at the White House,” said Morrison. “When I began there, I hoped I would not take it for granted. And over the course of a year I don’t think I did.”

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