The flag of a U.S. Assistant Attorney General.
Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General .
The President of the United States appoints individuals to the position of Assistant Attorney General with the advice and consent of the Senate .[ 1]
Assistant Attorneys General report either to the Deputy Attorney General (in the case of the Criminal Division, the Justice Management Division and the Offices of Legal Counsel, Legislative Affairs, and Legal Policy) or to the Associate Attorney General (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax Divisions and the Office of Justice Programs).
List of US Assistant Attorneys General [ edit ] Assistant Attorney General [ edit ] Antitrust Division [ edit ]
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Name
Years of Service
Appointed By
William Joseph Donovan
1926–1927
Calvin Coolidge
Robert H. Jackson 1937–1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thurman Arnold 1938–1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Berge
1943–1947
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Sonnet
1947–1948
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Bergson
1948–1950
Harry S. Truman
Leonard Bessman
1950–1951
Harry S. Truman
H. Graham Morison
1951–1952
Harry S. Truman
Newell A. Clapp
1952–1953
acting
Stanley Barnes
1953–1956
Eisenhower
Victor R. Hansen
1956–1959
Eisenhower
Robert A. Bicks
1959–1961
Eisenhower
Lee Loevinger 1961–1963
Kennedy
William Horsley Orrick, Jr.
1963–1965
Kennedy
Donald F. Turner 1965–1968
Lyndon Johnson
Edwin Zimmerman
1968–1969
Lyndon Johnson
Richard W. McLaren
1969–1972
Richard Nixon
Walker B. Comegys
1972
acting
Thomas E. Kauper
1972-1976
Richard Nixon
Donald I. Baker
1976-1977
Gerald R. Ford
John H. Shenefield
1977-1979
Jimmy Carter
Sanford Litvack
1979-1981
Jimmy Carter
William Baxter
1981–1983
Ronald Reagan
J. Paul McGrath
1983–1985
Ronald Reagan
Douglas H. Ginsburg 1985–1986
Ronald Reagan
Charles Rule
1986–1989
Ronald Reagan
James F. Rill
1989–1992
George H.W. Bush
Charles James
1992
acting
J. Mark Gidley
1992–1993
acting
Anne Bingaman
1993–1996
Bill Clinton
Joel Klein 1996–2000
Bill Clinton
Douglas Melamed 2000–2001
acting
Charles James
2001–2003
George W. Bush
R. Hewitt Pate
2003–2005
George W. Bush
Thomas O. Barnett
2005–2008
George W. Bush
Deborah A. Garza
2008–2009
acting
Christine A. Varney 2009–2011
Barack Obama
Sharis Pozen
2011–2012
acting
Joseph F. Wayland
2012
acting
Renata Hesse
2012-2013
acting
William Baer 2013–present
Barack Obama
Civil Division [ edit ] Civil Rights Division [ edit ]
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Criminal Division [ edit ]
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National Security Division [ edit ]
Name
President
Announcement
Nomination sent
Confirmation
Sworn in
Left office
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein [ 6] George W. Bush March 13, 2006
March 13, 2006
September 21, 2006[ 7]
September 28, 2006[ 8]
March 30, 2008, to become Homeland Security Advisor (Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism)[ 9]
J. Patrick Rowan
George W. Bush June 19, 2008[ 10]
June 19, 2008[ 11]
September 26, 2008[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
October 3, 2008[ 13]
January 20, 2009[ 15]
David S. Kris Barack Obama January 22, 2009[ 16]
February 11, 2009[ 15]
March 25, 2009[ 17]
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Lisa Monaco Barack Obama March 17, 2011[ 18]
March 17, 2011[ 18]
June 28, 2011[ 19]
July 1, 2011[ 20]
March 8, 2013
Environment and Natural Resources Division [ edit ]
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Justice Management Division [ edit ]
This section requires expansion . (April 2010)
Tax Division [ edit ]
This section requires expansion . (April 2010)
Office of Justice Programs [ edit ]
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Office of Legal Counsel [ edit ]
Name
Years Served
Appointed By
Notes
Angus D. MacLean 1933-1935
Franklin D. Roosevelt [ 22]
Golden W. Bell 1935-1939
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Fahy 1940-1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oscar S. Cox 1942-1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hugh B. Cox 1943-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harold W. Judson 1945-1946
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George T. Washington 1946-1949
Harry Truman
Abraham J. Harris 1950-1951
Harry Truman
Joseph C. Duggan 1951-1952
Harry Truman
J. Lee Rankin 1953-1956
Dwight Eisenhower
W. Wilson White 1957
Dwight Eisenhower
After a short tenure, selected to be first head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division
Malcolm R. Wilkey 1958-1959
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kramer 1959-1961
Dwight Eisenhower
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach 1961-1962
John F. Kennedy
Norbert A. Schlei 1962-1966
John F. Kennedy
Frank H. Wozencraft 1966-1969
Lyndon Johnson
William H. Rehnquist 1969-1971
Richard Nixon
Later nominated and confirmed as Associate, and subsequent Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Ralph E. Erickson 1971-1972
Richard Nixon
Roger C. Cramton 1972-1973
Richard Nixon
Antonin Scalia 1974-1977
Gerald Ford
Later nominated and confirmed as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
John M. Harmon 1977-1981
Jimmy Carter [ 23]
Theodore B. Olson 1981-1984
Ronald Reagan
Later became U.S. Solicitor General
Charles J. Cooper 1985-1988
Ronald Reagan
Douglas Kmiec 1988-1989
Ronald Reagan
William P. Barr 1989-1990
George H.W. Bush
Michael Luttig 1990-1991
George H.W. Bush
Timothy Flanigan 1991-1992
George H.W. Bush
Walter Dellinger 1993-1994
Bill Clinton
Later became Acting U.S. Solicitor General
Beth Nolan 1995
acting [ 24]
Served as Acting Assistant AG, OLC, while Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Nominated to become Assistant AG, OLC, but Senate did not vote on the nomination. Became White House Counsel in 1996.
Dawn Johnsen 1996-1998
acting
Randolph D. Moss 1998-2001
Bill Clinton
Served as Acting AAG from 1998-2000; nominated November 9, 1999; Recess-appointed Aug. 3, 2000; confirmed by United States Senate December 15, 2000
Jay S. Bybee 2001-March 2003
George W. Bush
In charge when the OLC issued the Bybee memo and other Torture memos ; appointed as a federal judge; started March 21, 2003
Jack Goldsmith October 2003-June 2004
George W. Bush
Later Professor at Harvard Law School and author of The Terror Presidency (2007)
Daniel Levin 2004-2005
acting
Steven G. Bradbury 2005-2009
acting
Served as Acting AAG from 2005-2007 (nominated June 23, 2005; nomination approved by Senate Judiciary Committee but never voted on by full Senate), continued to function as senior appointed official in charge of OLC until Jan. 20, 2009
David J. Barron 2009-2010
acting
Professor at Harvard Law School and served as Acting AAG from January 2009-July 2010.
Jonathan G. Cedarbaum 2010-2011
acting
Served as Acting AAG, July–November 2010; continued to function as senior appointed official in charge of OLC until the end of January 2011.
Caroline D. Krass 2011
acting
Senior appointed official leading OLC since the end of January 2011 until June 2011, when Virginia A. Seitz was confirmed.
Virginia A. Seitz 2011–present
Barack Obama
Confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote on June 28, 2011.
Office of Legal Policy [ edit ]
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Office of Legislative Affairs [ edit ]
This section requires expansion . (April 2010)
References [ edit ]
^ 28 U.S.C. § 506 ^ United States Department of Justice "FEDERAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL" . justice.gov. ^ http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-holder-announces-vanita-gupta-serve-acting-assistant-attorney-general-civil ^ "James P. Turner, Used and Abused: The Civil Rights Division, Washington Post, Sunday, December 14, 1997; Page C01" . ^ "The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division: A Historical Perspective as the Division Nears 50, Remarks by Wan Kim, Mar. 22, 2006" (PDF) . ^ Presidential Nomination: Kenneth Leonard Wainstein ^ http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/WCPD-2006-09-25/pdf/WCPD-2006-09-25-Pg1658-2.pdf ^ #06-655: 09-28-06 Kenneth L. Wainstein Sworn in as First Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division ^ Ken Wainstein, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism ^ Personnel Announcement ^ Nominations Sent to the Senate ^ [1] ^ a b results.gov : Resources For The President's Team ^ [2] ^ a b Nomination Press Release - Assistant Attorney General | The White House ^ Lichtblau, Eric (January 22, 2009). "Obama Picks Critic of Warrantless Wiretapping for Slot at Justice Dept" . The New York Times . ^ U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote ^ a b Lisa Monaco Nominated To Lead DOJ National Security Division ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/us/politics/29brfs-3JUSTICEDEPT_BRF.html/ 3 Justice Dept. Nominees Are Confirmed^ Meet the Assistant Attorney General ^ "Office of Justice Programs: Laurie O. Robinson, Acting Assistant Attorney General/Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General" . Ojp.usdoj.gov. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2013-07-04 . ^ Register, Department of Justice and the Courts of the United States United States Government Printing Office (1972-1976), p. 131. "Office of Legal Counsel (Formerly Office of Assistant Solicitor General and Executive Adjudications Division," list of officeholders through 1973.^ John M. Harmon bio , Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody.^ "Nolan to Become 1st Female White House Counsel" . Los Angeles Times . August 20, 1999. Retrieved August 2, 2009 . ^ a b http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0248/whpr19750522-011.pdf
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