  fred fisher fielding (born march 21, 1939) is an american lawyer, and held the office of white house counsel for us presidents ronald reagan and george w. bush. ==personal life== fielding was born in philadelphia and raised in mechanicsville, pennsylvania. fielding attended central bucks high school west, graduated with honors from gettysburg college, and then attended the university of virginia school of law. he married maria dugger on october 21, 1967. they have two children: adam and alexandra. ==career== fielding was a senior partner at wiley rein llp (formerly wiley rein & fielding), a washington, d.c. law firm. he has served the american government in a number of roles throughout his career. fielding served as associate counsel for president richard nixon from 1970 to 1972, where he was the deputy to john dean during the watergate scandal. he was the counsel to the president for president ronald reagan from 1981 to 1986. fielding has also served on the tribunal on the u.s.-uk air treaty dispute (1989â1994), as a member of the president's commission on federal ethics law reform (1989), as a member of the secretary of transportation's task force on aviation disasters (1997â1998) and as a member of the national commission on terrorist attacks upon the united states (also known as the 9/11 commission). in 2007 he represented, along with a great many others, blackwater worldwide, a private military company. following the [
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