Letter from Lani Guinier to Alice Daniel

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to Alice Daniel, 1982. 70588397-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/0bf3bd05-9106-4ae0-b48a-faa773081ba4/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-alice-daniel. Accessed October 24, 2025.

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December 3, L982

Alice Daniel,
Office of the
45th Floor
2 World Trade
New York, New

Dear Alice:
wercome back to New York. Your return as counsel to the
Governor refrects most positivery on your crient. congrat-ulations.

r was very flattered to receive your telephone call yes-
terday. AS you know, r am qui-te happy as an LDF Assistantcounsel. r have no present intention of leaving, but wourdbe derighted to meet with you next week to d.iscrrss otheroptions. I enclose a copy of my resume

r incrude as well a copy of the resume of my friend, NolanBowie. Nolan has been working since May as an AssistantAttorney General for the state of New york. He came to NewYork from D. c. when r had to relocate to LDF's New york
office. He is eager to be consid.ered for a poricy-orientedjob in the cuomo Ad.ministration. Arthough fuoranis expertiseis in the area of information raw and terecommunlcationsporicy, he belleves that his administrative and pubric in-terest experience would be transferable to severll positionsin stat'e government. He is particularly interest"h in workingwith the Commi-ssion on Cable Television, the Consumer protection
Board, or the Department of commerce Division of rndustrialservices and Technologies. As an artist as werl as a rawyer,Nolan also has an interest in the office of parks andRecreation or the State Park and Recreation Commission for theCity of New York.

r would certainly appreciate your circulating Nolan,s resume.rf you need professional references, Nolan suggests calling anyof the forrowing rawyers in D.c.: Joseph one[ (privatepractice), wilhemina cooke (Georgetown rnstitut,e for pubric

Contributions are deductible for {J.5. income ta.r purposes

The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUN0 is not part ol the National Association for the Advancement ol Colored Peoole althouoh ir
was f ounded by it and shares its commilment to equal rig hts. LDF has had f or ove r 25 years a separare Board, progiam, siali, oi|[e ai,j b-u-fi;i.

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.
10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.y. j 0019 o (212) 586-g397

Esq.
Lieutenant Governor

Center
York 10047

Alj.ce Daniel, Ese. -2- December 3, 1982

Representation), and Edward Kuhlmann (FCC Administratj.ve
Law Judge). Nolan has also worked closely with several
community groups in New York, including Action for a Better
Community, Inc., Rochester, New York (Jim McCullough, Presid.ent);
Black Citizens for a Fair Media (Emma Bowen, Chairperson);
United Church of Christ (Everett Parker, Office of
Communications); Communications Media Committee of the ACLU
(Sidney Dean, member, former Chairman Advisory Committee of
the Office of Telecommunications, City of New York) and
Community Service Society (Task Force on Cable Television, Paul
DeBrul, Senior Public Affairs Specialist).
f look forward. to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Lani Guini-er

LG/r
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