United States Assistant Attorney General

Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general.

The flag of a U.S. 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] United States Department of Justice components that are led by an assistant attorney general are:

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 U.S. Assistant Attorneys General

Assistant Attorney General

NameYears of serviceAppointed by President
Titian J. Coffey1880–1884Chester A. Arthur
Zachariah Montgomery1885–1889Grover Cleveland
John C. Chaney1889–1893Benjamin Harrison
William Arden Maury1889–1893Benjamin Harrison
Holmes Conrad1893–1895Grover Cleveland
Joshua Eric Dodge1893–1897Grover Cleveland
Edward Baldwin Whitney1895–1897Grover Cleveland
James Edmund Boyd1897–1900William McKinley
James M. Beck1900–1903William McKinley
James Clark McReynolds1903–1907Theodore Roosevelt
Edward Terry Sanford1907–1908Theodore Roosevelt
James Alexander Fowler1908–1911Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Lewis1911William Taft
Ernest Knaebel 1912–1916 William Taft
William L. Frierson1917–1920Woodrow Wilson
Annette Abbott Adams 1920–1921 Woodrow Wilson
Mabel Walker Willebrandt1921–1929Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
Roger Wilkins1966–1969Lyndon Johnson
Wesley Pomeroy1968–1969Richard Nixon

Antitrust Division

NameYears of serviceAppointed by
William Joseph Donovan1926–1927Calvin Coolidge
John Lord O'Brian1929–1933Herbert Hoover
Robert H. Jackson1937–1938Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thurman Arnold1938–1943Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Berge1943–1947Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Sonnett1947–1948Harry S. Truman
Herbert Bergson1948–1950Harry S. Truman
Leonard Bessman1950–1951Harry S. Truman
H. Graham Morison1951–1952Harry S. Truman
Newell A. Clapp1952–1953acting
Stanley Barnes1953–1956Eisenhower
Victor R. Hansen1956–1959Eisenhower
Robert A. Bicks1959–1961Eisenhower
Lee Loevinger1961–1963Kennedy
William Horsley Orrick, Jr.1963–1965Kennedy
Donald F. Turner1965–1968Lyndon Johnson
Edwin Zimmerman1968–1969Lyndon Johnson
Richard W. McLaren1969–1972Richard Nixon
Walker B. Comegys1972acting
Thomas E. Kauper1972–1976Richard Nixon
Donald I. Baker1976–1977Gerald R. Ford
John H. Shenefield1977–1979Jimmy Carter
Sanford Litvack1979–1981Jimmy Carter
William Baxter1981–1983Ronald Reagan
J. Paul McGrath1983–1985Ronald Reagan
Douglas H. Ginsburg1985–1986Ronald Reagan
Charles Rule1986–1989Ronald Reagan
James F. Rill1989–1992George H.W. Bush
Charles James1992acting
J. Mark Gidley1992–1993acting
Anne Bingaman1993–1996Bill Clinton
Joel Klein1996–2000Bill Clinton
Douglas Melamed2000–2001acting
Charles James2001–2003George W. Bush
R. Hewitt Pate2003–2005George W. Bush
Thomas O. Barnett2005–2008George W. Bush
Deborah A. Garza2008–2009acting
Christine A. Varney2009–2011Barack Obama
Sharis Pozen2011–2012acting
Joseph F. Wayland2012acting
Renata Hesse2012–2013acting
William Baer2013–2017Barack Obama
Makan Delrahim2017–2021Donald J. Trump
Jonathan Kanter 2021–Present Joe Biden

Civil Division

# Name Term began Term ended President(s) served under
1 Charles B. Rugg 1930 1933 Herbert Hoover
2 George Clinton Sweeney 1933 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt
3 Angus D. MacLean 1935
4 James W. Morris 1935 1937
5 Sam E. Whitaker 1937 1939
6 Francis M. Shea 1939 1945
7 John F. Sonnett 1945 1947 Harry S. Truman
8 Peyton Ford 1947 1949
9 H. Graham Morison 1949 1951
10 Holmes Baldridge 1951 1953
11 Warren E. Burger 1953 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
12 George Cochran Doub 1953 1960
13 William H. Orrick Jr. 1961 1963 John F. Kennedy
14 John W. Douglas 1963 1966 John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
15 Barefoot Sanders 1966 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson
16 Edwin L. Weisl Jr. 1967 1969
17 William Ruckelshaus 1969 1970 Richard Nixon
18 L. Patrick Gray 1970 1972
19 Harlington Wood Jr. 1972 1973
20 Carla Anderson Hills 1973 1975
21 Rex E. Lee 1975 1977 Gerald Ford
22 Barbara A. Babcock 1977 1979 Jimmy Carter
23 Alice Daniels 1979 1981
24 Paul J. McGrath 1981 1985 Ronald Reagan
25 Richard K. Willard 1985 1988
26 John Bolton 1988 1989
27 Stuart M. Gerson 1989 1993 George H. W. Bush
28 Frank W. Hunger 1993 1999 Bill Clinton
29 David W. Ogden 1999 2001
30 Robert McCallum Jr. 2001 2003 George W. Bush
31 Peter Keisler 2003 2007
32 Gregory G. Katsas 2008 2009
33 Tony West 2009 2012 Barack Obama
34 Stuart F. Delery 2012 2014
- Benjamin C. Mizer (acting) 2014 2017
- Chad Readler (acting) 2017 2018 Donald Trump
35 Jody Hunt 2018 2020
- Ethan P. Davis (acting) 2020 2020
- Jeffrey Clark (acting) 2020 2021
- Brian Boynton (acting) 2021 present Joe Biden
Source:[2]

Civil Rights Division

Criminal Division

National Security Division

Name President(s) Announcement Nomination sent
to the Senate
Confirmation
by the Senate
Sworn in Left office
Kenneth L. Wainstein[6] George W. Bush 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 June 19, 2008[10] September 26, 2008[11][12][13] October 3, 2008[12] January 20, 2009[14]
David S. Kris Barack Obama January 22, 2009[15] February 11, 2009[14] March 25, 2009[16]
Lisa Monaco March 17, 2011[17] June 28, 2011[18] July 1, 2011[19] March 8, 2013
John Demers Donald Trump, Joe Biden September 2, 2017 September 5, 2017 February 15, 2018 February 22, 2018 June 21, 2021
Matthew G. Olsen Joe Biden May 26, 2021 May 27, 2021 October 28, 2021 November 1, 2021 Incumbent

Environment and Natural Resources Division

Justice Management Division

  • Lee J. Lofthus

Tax Division

Office of Justice Programs

NameYears servedAppointed byNotes
Angus D. MacLean1933–1935Franklin D. Roosevelt [22]
Golden W. Bell1935–1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Fahy1940–1941Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oscar S. Cox1942–1943Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hugh B. Cox1943–1945Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harold W. Judson1945–1946Franklin D. Roosevelt
George T. Washington1946–1949Harry Truman
Abraham J. Harris1950–1951Harry Truman
Joseph C. Duggan1951–1952Harry Truman
J. Lee Rankin1953–1956Dwight EisenhowerBecame Solicitor General in 1956.
W. Wilson White1957Dwight EisenhowerAfter a short tenure, selected to be first head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
Malcolm R. Wilkey1958–1959Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kramer1959–1961Dwight Eisenhower
Nicholas Katzenbach1961–1962John F. Kennedy
Norbert A. Schlei1962–1966John F. Kennedy
Frank H. Wozencraft1966–1969Lyndon Johnson
William H. Rehnquist1969–1971Richard NixonLater nominated and confirmed as Associate, and subsequent Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ralph E. Erickson1971–1972Richard Nixon
Roger C. Cramton1972–1973Richard Nixon
Antonin Scalia1974–1977Gerald FordLater nominated and confirmed as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
John M. Harmon1977–1981Jimmy Carter [23]
Theodore B. Olson1981–1984Ronald ReaganLater became U.S. Solicitor General.
Charles J. Cooper1985–1988Ronald Reagan
Douglas Kmiec1988–1989Ronald ReaganLater U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta during the "Arab Spring" uprisings.
William P. Barr1989–1990George H. W. Bush
Michael Luttig1990–1991George H. W. Bush
Timothy Flanigan1991–1992George H. W. Bush
Walter Dellinger1993–1994Bill ClintonLater became acting U.S. Solicitor General.
Beth Nolan1995acting [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 Johnsen1996–1998acting
Randolph D. Moss1998–2001Bill ClintonServed as acting AAG from 1998 to 2000; nominated November 9, 1999; Recess-appointed August 3, 2000; confirmed by United States Senate December 15, 2000
Jay S. Bybee2001 – March 2003George W. BushIn charge when the OLC issued the Bybee memo and other Torture memos; appointed as a federal judge; started March 21, 2003
Jack GoldsmithOctober 2003 – June 2004George W. BushLater Professor at Harvard Law School and author of The Terror Presidency (2007)
Daniel Levin2004–2005acting
Steven G. Bradbury2005–2009actingServed as acting AAG 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 January 20, 2009.
David J. Barron2009–2010actingProfessor at Harvard Law School and served as Acting AAG from January 2009 to July 2010.
Jonathan G. Cedarbaum2010–2011actingServed 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. Krass2011actingSenior appointed official leading OLC since the end of January 2011 until June 2011, when Virginia A. Seitz was confirmed.
Virginia A. Seitz2011–2013Barack ObamaConfirmed by the Senate in a voice vote on June 28, 2011. Resigned effective December 20, 2013.[25]
Karl R. Thompson2014–2017actingAppointed Principal Deputy AAG on March 24, 2014.[26]
Curtis E. Gannon2017actingAppointed Principal Deputy AAG on January 20, 2017.[27]
Steven Engel2017–2021Donald Trump
Christopher H. Schroeder2021–presentJoe Biden

Office of Legislative Affairs

References

  1. 28 U.S.C. § 506
  2. United States Department of Justice (November 8, 2013). "FEDERAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL". justice.gov.
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