United States Attorney General
He was an Assistant United States Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1981 to 1983. He was an Associate United States Attorney General of the Justice Department from 1983 to 1985. He was a Deputy United States Attorney General of the Justice Department from 1985 to 1986. In 1987 he was briefly considered for FBI director, but he withdrew his name from consideration.