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PX 77-5250 he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a member of the Order of Coif. Applicant also received the supreme honor of a law school graduate by being employed as a clerk to a United States Supreme Court Justice. As a partner in their law firm, the applicant was in general practice. He worked with the applicant,for the most part however,with standard corporate practice, and he believes ‘the applicant to be thoroughly capable in not only this field but in all phases of general practice. . . He also mentioned that the applicant is a most unusual person in many respects. He is a very impartial, fair, and persuasive person who is known to be profoundly ethical in all his dealings. He certainly possesses no ethnic or religious bias and is definitely a very humane; sincere, and empathetic Person. He considers the applicant to be a loyal American whose character, reputation, and associates are beyond reproach, and he coneluded by saying he most certainly recommends the applicant for a:position of trust and confidence with the Federal Government. d Riskind, Attorneys at Law, interviewed at his residence, Arizona, regarding the applicant ABNER J. MIKVA and he furnished the following information regarding him: : b6 b7C He first met the applicant professionally some time in - the early 1960s in Chicago, Tilinois, and came to know him well when he became a partner in his law firm for a period of two years in 1973 and 1974. He described the applicant as an intelligent, conscientious , and extremely capable person who is well respected in the community. He has never been known to possess any ethnic or religious bias and,on the contrary, is respected for his humane, gentlemanly, and impartial demeanor with all persons. He further described the applicant as a loyal American of excellent character, reputation, and associates and concluded by saying the applicant is probably one of the most higly qualified and capable attorneys he has ever met and defintely vecommends him for a position of trust and confidence with the Federal Government.