President Bush announced his intention to nominate Paul A. Quander, Jr. as the first Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) on October 18, 2001. Upon his confirmation by the United States Senate on August 5, 2002, Quander pledged to make CSOSA a national model for offender supervision. As Director of CSOSA, Paul A. Quander, Jr. oversees a growing federal agency created by the D.C. Revitalization Act of 1997. CSOSA is responsible for supervising adults on probation, parole and supervised release in the District of Columbia.

Prior to assuming the helm at the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, Quander, 53, served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. He left that office as the Chief of the Seventh District Major Crimes Homicide Section. Prior to that, Quander served as Deputy Director of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections for several years and from 1982 to 1989 held a number of positions with the District of Columbia Office of the Corporation Counsel. Quander began his professional career working for Neighborhood Legal Services representing indigent clients in public benefit administrative hearings, landlord and tenant civil actions, as well as various small claims trials.

Paul A. Quander, Jr. has been the recipient of the Corporation Counsel Award for Sustained Superior Performance in 1985 and 1987. He received Special Achievement Awards from the U.S. Department of Justice in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and was the U.S. Department of Justice Senior Litigation Counsel in 2000.

Quander holds a B.A. degree in political science from Virginia State University and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law. He and his wife reside in Washington D.C.