Background
Rhinelander, John Bassett was born on June 18, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederic William and Constance (Templeton) Rhinelander.
Rhinelander, John Bassett was born on June 18, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederic William and Constance (Templeton) Rhinelander.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1961).
Worked at Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Federal, Corporate, Commercial, Administrative and International Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1964, New New York 1967, United States. Supreme Court.
1971, District of Columbia.
Editor in Chief, Virginia Law Review, 1960-1961. Law Clerk to Associate Justice John M. Harlan, United States.
Supreme Court, 1961-1962. Lecturer, University of Virginia Law School, 1982-1985, 1989-1991.
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and Law Center, 1991-1994.
Special Civilian Assistant to Secretary of Navy, 1966-1968. Chief Counsel, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Direct Investments, Department of Commerce, 1968-1969. Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State, 1969-1971.
Legal Adviser to United States.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Delegation, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1971-1972. General Counsel, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-1975.
Under Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1975-1977. One of the largest full-service firms in the Washington, District of Columbia area, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge has almost forty years of experience representing local, national, and international clients in a full array of legal practice areas.
Using the firm"s extensive interdisciplinary resources, Shaw Pittman"s 250 attorneys work closely with clients to develop creative and cost-effective approaches to their legal questions.
Shaw Pittman is proud of its commitment to its clients and of the legislative, administrative and judicial strategies it develops to help them meet their objectives.
Served with United States Army, 1956-1958. Member American Bar Association, Arms Control Association (vice chairman), Council Foreign Relations, Lawyers Alliance for World Security (board directors), International Institute for Strategic Studies, Hudson Institute.
Married Jeanne Elizabeth Cattell, July 21, 1962. Children: John Richard, Margaret Templeton, Katherine Pierson, Thomas Bassett.