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Bill Palatucci

Bill Palatucci
Republican National Committeeman
from New Jersey
Assumed office
2010
Serving with Virginia E. Haines
Preceded byDavid Norcross
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Haskell, New Jersey
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLaura Palatucci[1]
Alma materRutgers University (BA)
Seton Hall University (JD)
ProfessionLawyer

William J. Palatucci (born 1958) is an American attorney and Republican National Committeeman. Palatucci was the White House Transition Coordinator and General Counsel for the 2016 presidential transition of Donald Trump until terminated on November 11, 2016.[2]

Palatucci has served as the Finance Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee and acted as a senior advisor for the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush.[3] He has also worked for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[3] He retains a close personal and professional association with Governor Chris Christie, serving as the Chairman of Christie's 2013 re-election campaign and co-chair of his 2010 and 2014 Inaugural Committees.[3] He serves as counsel to the Leadership Matters for America PAC.[3]

Palatucci is currently a partner at the law firm McCarter & English.[4] Co-creating The Battling Bills with William J. Pascrell, Palatucci was nominated for Outstanding Talk Program Series at the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.[4] Palatucci currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.[4]

In 2023, Palatucci, who has been a longtime RNC member and Trump skeptic pledged his support for RNC Chair candidate attorney Harmeet Dhillon.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sonj was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Robert Costa, Philip Rucker and Elise Viebeck (11 November 2016), "Pence replaces Christie as leader of Trump transition effort", The Washington Post, retrieved 12 November 2016
  3. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference gop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference gibbons was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "How Harmeet Dhillon Turned RNC Chair Race Into a Real Fight". Time. 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  6. ^ "Ronna McDaniel reelected RNC chair after contentious 3-way contest over party's future". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-03-22.

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