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WILLIAM J. CASSIDY, JR.
William J. Cassidy, Jr. is President of Defense
Conversion Resources, LLC, a Washington-based consulting
firm. Mr. Cassidy served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Conversion and Redevelopment from 1994 to
2001, when the Department of the Navy was implementing the
mandate of the 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995 rounds of Defense
Base Closures and Realignments, which resulted in the
closure of major Navy and Marine Corps bases throughout the
nation. Mr. Cassidy managed defense conversion matters for
the Department of the Navy that ranged from compliance with
Federal property and environmental laws to coordination
with Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local
governments, and local redevelopment authorities in
communities where military bases had been designated for
closure. For his service, Mr. Cassidy received the
Department of the Navy's Distinguished Public Service
Award.
Mr. Cassidy received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum
laude, from Georgetown University in 1968. He received his
law degree from Georgetown University, where he was an
editor of the law review, in 1974.
Mr. Cassidy served in the United States Navy as a line
officer on a Destroyer from 1969 to 1972. After graduating
from law school, he served for one year as Law Clerk to the
Chief Judge of the Federal District Court in Washington,
D.C. From 1975 to 1978, Mr. Cassidy served as an Assistant
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He
joined the Washington law firm of Hogan & Hartson in 1979
and was elected a partner in 1982. While in the private
practice of law, he was engaged in a broad range of
litigation in local and Federal courts throughout the
country until his appointment by President Clinton to the
Department of the Navy in 1994. Mr. Cassidy founded
Defense Conversion Resources in 2001.______ __ 1.___ ___.
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