The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice,and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.
O'Melveny &Myers LLP is an American multinational law firm founded in Los Angeles,California in 1885. The firm employs approximately 740 lawyers and has offices in California,Washington,D.C.,New York City,Beijing,Brussels,Hong Kong,London,Seoul,Shanghai,Singapore,and Tokyo.
Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist who is the 86th and current United States attorney general. He previously served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. Garland was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2016,but his confirmation was effectively blocked by the Republican-led Senate.
Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general.
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,a United States' federal law enforcement agency,and is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The FBI director is appointed for a single 10-year term by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The FBI is an agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ),and thus the director reports to the attorney general of the United States.
Hampton Yeats Dellinger is an American attorney and political candidate serving as the United States Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy. He was previously a partner at Boies,Schiller &Flexner and Robinson,Bradshaw,and Hinson.
The United States attorney for the District of Columbia(USADC) is responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has two divisions,the Civil Division and the Criminal Division. The Civil Division is responsible for representing federal agencies in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Mark Robert Filip is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Formerly a partner at Skadden,Arps,he currently practices in the Washington,D.C. office of Kirkland and Ellis. From 2004 until 2008,Filip served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As the George W. Bush administration ended,Filip served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States,and as the Barack Obama administration began he briefly served as acting attorney general.
Ronald C. Machen Jr. is the former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. In April 2015,he left the position and returned to the law firm WilmerHale after the longest tenure as US Attorney for the District of Columbia in more than 35 years.
Loretta Elizabeth Lynch is an American lawyer who served as the 83rd attorney general of the United States from 2015 to 2017. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Holder and previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001),George W Bush (2001) and Obama (2010–2015). As a U.S. attorney,Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn,Queens,Staten Island,and Long Island.
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Phillips is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Steven Michael Dettelbach is an American lawyer from Cleveland,Ohio,and is the current director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (ATF). He was the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio for over six years during the presidency of Barack Obama,resigning in 2016. From 2016 to 2022,he was a partner at BakerHostetler,serving as co-leader of the firm's national White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations team. In July 2022,he was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate as the director of the ATF.
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the 39th and current United States Deputy Attorney General since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dana James Boente ( Bent-Ë) is an American attorney who served as General Counsel of the FBI from January 2018 to 2020,United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from September 2013 to January 2018,and as the Acting United States Attorney General from January to February 2017. He also served as acting assistant attorney general for the National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice. On October 27,2017,Boente announced he would resign from the Department of Justice after a successor is in place. On January 23,2018,Boente was named general counsel to the FBI by the director Christopher A. Wray,filling the vacancy after James Baker's reassignment to another part of the bureau.
Rajesh "Raj" De is an American lawyer and former U.S. government official who later became the managing partner for the Washington,D.C.,office of the law firm Mayer Brown. During the presidency of Barack Obama,he served in three significant government roles—as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy,as White House Staff Secretary,and finally as general counsel of the U.S. National Security Agency.
Sally Quillian Yates is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015,she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015,she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama. Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20,2017,Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as the acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as the United States deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Department of Justice,he was a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis and was the United States deputy secretary of transportation.
David Charles Weiss is an American attorney. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to be United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware,and was retained by President Joe Biden. He has served in that office since February 22,2018.
William Joseph Ihlenfeld II is an American attorney and politician from West Virginia. He is a Democrat. He has served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia since 2021. He previously served in the same capacity under Barack Obama. He was a state senator in the West Virginia Senate for the 1st district from 2018 to 2021.
Michael Rafi Sherwin is an attorney who served as the acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 2020 to 2021. He was appointed by Attorney General William Barr during the Trump administration. He is partner at the law firm Kobre &Kim where he handles international government investigations.
