Caroline D. Krass
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Caroline D. Krass | |
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| File:Caroline Krass Confirmation.jpg Krass at her Senate confirmation hearings for CIA General Counsel | |
| General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| Assumed office March 13, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Eatinger |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Acting | |
| In office January 2011 – September 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan G. Cedarbaum |
| Succeeded by | Virginia A. Seitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Caroline Diane Krass May 1, 1968 Santa Barbara, CA |
| Spouse | William John Passmore |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A., 1989) Yale Law School (J.D., 1993) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Caroline Diane Krass is an American lawyer who is a partner at the Washington office of the Los Angeles-based law firm Gibson Dunn (formerly Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher). She served as General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency from 2014 to 2017, and prior to that as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, and briefly as the Acting Assistant Attorney General, at the United States Department of Justice. She has also been a lawyer in the State Department, the Treasury Department, the National Security Council, and the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Education
Krass received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1989, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to study at Yale Law School, serving as an editor on the Yale Law Journal and receiving her J.D. in 1993.
Career
Krass clerked for Judge Patricia Wald on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1993 to 1994. She then served as an attorney-advisor at the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State from 1994 to 1996. She subsequently served various roles as a lawyer in the Department of the Treasury, the National Security Council, and the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice. She also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2009, as well as a Special Advisor to the President of the United States on National Security Issues before becoming the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.
President Barack Obama nominated Krass to replace Robert Eatinger as the General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency. On March 13, 2014, after a heated confirmation debate, the Senate confirmed Krass in a 95-4 vote for the position.[1]
On May 8, 2017, Gibson Dunn announced that Krass had joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office as a partner.[2]
References
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Josh Gerstein and Manu Raju (2014-03-13). "Senate confirms new CIA lawyer". Politico.
Justice Department lawyer Caroline Krass handily won confirmation to the legal job in a 95-4 vote just moments after Majority Leader Harry Reid obtained unanimous consent for an immediate vote.
- ^ "Press Release: Former CIA General Counsel Caroline Krass Joins Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C." gibsondunn.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.