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THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary
                             (Little Rock, AR)
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For Immediate Release                                 September 26, 1997
            PRESIDENT CLINTON NOMINATES GEORGE CARAM STEEH, III
                            TO THE FEDERAL BENCH

On Wednesday, President Clinton nominated Judge George Caram Steeh, III, to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Judge Steeh received both his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, in 1969 and 1973 respectively. From 1973 to 1980, he was an Assistant Prosecutor and then First Assistant in the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office. In 1980, Judge Steeh joined the law firm of Neale, Steeh & Harder as a partner, where he remained until 1988. He served as a Commissioner on the Macomb County Board of Commissioners from 1987 to 1989, and as the Public Administrator for Macomb County from 1988 to 1989. Steeh is currently serving on the Sixteenth Circuit Court of Michigan since his elevation in 1990 from the District Court of Michigan, where he had served as a trial judge for a year.

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