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Chris McNeil has been appointed chairman of the Administrative Law committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. He also joined the faculty of Capital University Law School, where he teaches research and writing.

Stephen D. Potts, formerly a partner with the Washington law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts, & Trowbridge, has been appointed by President Clinton to a second five-year term as Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The OGE is responsible for administering the ethics program of the executive branch.

Joel P. Bennett, Vice Chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA, has been appointed an adjunct professor of law at the District of Columbia School of Law. He began teaching Law Office Management there in January. The Bar Association of the District of Columbia published the third edition of Mr. Bennett's How to Start and Build a Law Practice in the District of Columbia early this year.

President Clinton has appointed Margaret Gilhooley to serve on a seven-member, statutorily created Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels. The Commission is to provide recommendations on label claims for dietary supplements. Ms. Gilhooley is a Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and the only law professor on the Commission.

Council Member Susan Braden of Ingersoll & Bloch was identified as one of several D.C. lawyers instrumental in former Senator Dole's successful Republican Presidential primary wins.