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Biography of Paul A. Quander, Jr.Photo of Paul A. Quander, Jr.
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President Bush announced his intention to nominate Paul A.
Quander, Jr. on October 18, 2001. Upon his confirmation by the United States Senate as the first Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
(CSOSA) on August 5, 2002, Quander pledged to make CSOSA a national model for offender supervision. As Director of
CSOSA, Quander 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 his assumption of the Director’s position, Quander, 47, served as an Assistant United States Attorney here in the District of Columbia. He left that office as the Chief of the Seventh District Major Crimes Homicide Section. Prior to that, Quander had been Deputy Director for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and from 1982 to 1989 served in 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 resides in Washington D.C. with his wife and two children. |
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