Jennifer Gillian Newstead | |
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| 24th Legal Adviser of the Department of State | |
| In office January 22, 2018 –May 31, 2019 [1] | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Brian James Egan |
| Succeeded by | Margaret L. Taylor (2024) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Jennifer Gillian Newstead is an American attorney who served as Legal Adviser of the Department of State from 2018 to 2019. [2]
Newstead graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1991 and received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1994. She then clerked for Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice Stephen Breyer at the U.S. Supreme Court. [3] [4]
Prior to working at Facebook,she was the Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State,a role confirmed by the US Senate and holding the rank of Assistant Secretary. Prior to that,she was a partner at the large corporate law firm Davis Polk &Wardwell. [5] She was also General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget,Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy,and Associate Counsel to the President of the United States. [6] [7] [8] She is credited with helping to draft the Patriot Act. [9] In December 2017,during her confirmation she was questioned about her views on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Additionally,Newstead has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law. [14] In 2015, The American Lawyer recognized her for her work on transatlantic litigation. [15]
In 2018,Jennifer G. Newstead represented the United States as Agent,Counsel,and Advocate in the case Alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity,Economic Relations,and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) before the International Court of Justice. [16]