Courtney Simmons Elwood

Courtney Simmons Elwood (born June 6, 1968) is an American attorney who served as the general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Trump administration between 2017 and 2021.[2]

Courtney Simmons Elwood
General Counsel of the
Central Intelligence Agency
In office
June 6, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCaroline D. Krass
Succeeded byKate Heinzelman
Personal details
Born (1968-06-06) June 6, 1968[1]
Bethesda, Maryland
Spouse
John Elwood
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(m. 1996)​
EducationWashington and Lee University (BA)
Yale Law School (JD)

Early life and education

Elwood was born in Bethesda, Maryland. She was a member of the first graduating class of West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Virginia.[3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[4]

Career

Prior to assuming her post at the CIA, she was a partner with the firm Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick. She joined this firm in 1996, after clerking for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1995 term and for Judge J. Michael Luttig on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[5]

Elwood has served as an associate counsel to the president, deputy counsel to the vice president, and deputy chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general.[6] In March 2017, she was announced as President Donald Trump's nominee to become general counsel of the CIA.[7] She was confirmed by the United States Senate with a vote of 67–33 on June 6, 2017.[8]

Personal life

On November 23, 1996, she married John Elwood, also a Yale-trained lawyer, in Alexandria, Virginia.[9]

See also

References
  1. Questionnaire for Completion by Presidential Nominees. United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  2. "Courtney Simmons Elwood". One River Asset Management. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  3. "Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Courtney Simmons Elwood to Be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency". www.congress.gov. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  4. "Courtney Simmons Elwood — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  5. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017 – via National Archives.
  6. Flanigan, Tim (March 28, 2017). "You don't know him, but Trump's counsel builds a first-rate legal team". The Hill. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  7. "Trump announces Noel Francisco as solicitor general pick". CNN. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  8. Reichmann, Dan (June 6, 2017). "Senate Confirms Courtney Simmons Elwood as CIA's Top Lawyer". Time. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  9. "John Elwood and Courtney Simmons". New York Times. November 24, 1996. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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