Jun 19, 2017 · Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein today announced that Robert K. Hur will serve as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General and James A. Crowell IV will be the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General. “Robert Hur and James Crowell have served with distinction in a variety of roles in the Department of Justice,” said Deputy Attorney General …
The Deputy Attorney General serves as the Chief Operating Officer, and the Department’s litigating and policy components, law enforcement agencies, and 93 U.S. Attorneys report to the Deputy. The Deputy Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney General in formulating and implementing the Department’s policies and programs. LEARN ...
May 22, 2019 · Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General – “Subregulatory Guidance Isn’t Law – It’s Just Paper”. This previous post discussing the DOJ’s recent release of a non-binding guidance document titled “The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (ECCP) noted that the ECCP is not a legal document that establishes liability for non-compliance.
Feb 08, 2022 · She thereafter served in several leadership roles: Chief of Staff at the Federal Bureau of Investigation to then Director Robert S. Mueller, III; Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; and Assistant Attorney General for National Security, the first woman to hold that position. From 2013-2017, Deputy Attorney General Monaco was the ...
United States Attorney General | |
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Reports to | President of the United States |
Seat | Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | President of the United States with United States Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters.
The Office of the Associate Attorney General was created on March 10, 1977, by Attorney General Order No. 699-77.
On January 21, 2021, it was announced that President Biden had appointed Matthew Colangelo, who most recently worked in the Office of the Attorney General of New York, to serve as Acting Associate Attorney General while the Senate considers the nomination of Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General.
The Senate confirmed Monaco on April 20, in a 98-2 vote, as the Justice Department's second-ranking official. Under the Obama administration, she led the Justice Department's national security division and later served as a top White House counterterrorism advisor.
More recently under Prelogar's leadership, the Justice Department sided with college athletes in a legal challenge to the NCAA's limits on their compensation. Prelogar is set to figure prominently in deliberations over how the Justice Department under Biden will approach the death penalty.
Chambers is back for another stint at DOJ. He joins Carlin — and, if confirmed, Monaco — among the former career federal prosecutors in Washington who are serving at the top of the Justice Department.
Matt Axelrod worked as a top aide to Obama-era Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. Linklaters LLP. After serving on the Biden transition team, Axelrod arrived at the Justice Department as part of the beachhead team for the new administration.
A former federal prosecutor in Miami, Axelrod rose through the Justice Department ranks under the Obama administration. He came to Washington first as a senior counsel to the head of the criminal division and then served as a top aide to then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
Lisa Monaco. AP Photo/Susan Walsh. The Senate confirmed Monaco on April 20, in a 98-2 vote, as the Justice Department's second-ranking official. Under the Obama administration, she led the Justice Department's national security division and later served as a top White House counterterrorism advisor.
Clarke said at the same news conference that whoever is selected as attorney general “must have a clear and bold record when it comes to civil rights and racial justice.”. Sharpton responded to the Garland pick with a skeptical statement and asked for a meeting with the nominee.
Garland was chosen by Biden for attorney general over former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and former acting attorney general Sally Yates, the two other finalists for the position.
Defenders of Garland argued he would be a particularly strong choice to lead the Justice Department in the post-Trump era because he is seen as above reproach of partisan politics. Some allies describe him as a “Boy Scout,” which is intended to suggest he would be seen as a non-political figure.
Biden has selected Lisa Monaco, a former homeland security adviser in the Obama administration who has become a close aide to Biden, to be the deputy attorney general, according to a person familiar with the decision.
Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court after a vacancy was created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. But Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, refused for months to hold confirmation hearings or the required vote in the chamber.
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of Califor nia, speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2021.