The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) 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.
The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) is the office within the Department of Justice that provides executive and administrative support for the 93 United States Attorneys located throughout the 50 states,District of Columbia,Guam,the Northern Mariana Islands,Puerto Rico,and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Such support includes,but is not limited to,legal education,administrative oversight,technical support,and the creation of uniform policies. The organization of the EOUSA is laid out in Title 3 of the Justice Manual.,which is provided by the United States Department of Justice.
Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 86th United States attorney general since 2021. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016,President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court,but the Republican-led U.S. Senate did not hold a vote to confirm him.
Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen is an American lawyer and the Walter W. Foskett Professor of Constitutional law,on the faculty at Maurer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington,Indiana. She previously served in the Biden administration as Acting Attorney General at the Office of Legal Counsel,having been appointed on January 20,2021,by President Joe Biden,to return to the role she previously held in the Clinton administration. She was succeeded in that role in a permanent capacity by Christopher H. Schroeder,and is currently serving as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the same office.
Matthew Glen Olsen is an American attorney who has served as the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division since 2021. He is the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Steven Michael Dettelbach is an American lawyer who has served as the director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives since 2022. 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 who has served as the thirty-ninth United States deputy attorney general since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Danielle Gray is the former Assistant to the President,Cabinet Secretary,and a Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. Previously,Gray served as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. Gray is currently executive vice president and global chief legal officer of Walgreen Boots Alliance.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as 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.
John Charles Demers is an Italian-born American lawyer who served as United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division (NSD) from 2018 to 2021. Following the resignation of Jeffrey A. Rosen,Demers also served as acting United States Attorney General for a few hours on January 20,2021 until President Joe Biden signed an executive order naming Monty Wilkinson as acting United States Attorney General later that day.
Robert Kyoung Hur is an American lawyer appointed by Donald Trump to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice. Hur oversaw the 2023–2024 investigation into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents during Biden's time as vice president.
Derek S. Lyons is an American attorney and former White House Staff Secretary and Counselor to the President in the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Associate deputy attorney general is a position in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. The number of positions varies widely depending on the staffing discretion of the deputy attorney general,but in 2017,there were five such positions,all of whom served as advisors to the deputy attorney general. There is also a separate principal associate deputy attorney general,who is the principal advisor to the deputy attorney general,and to whom all associate deputy attorneys general report. The associate deputy attorney general positions are filled by Senior Executive Service (SES) career attorneys,by SES political appointees,or by non-SES career attorneys serving on detail assignments from elsewhere in the department.
Seth D. DuCharme is an American attorney who served as the acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. DuCharme appointed by Attorney General William Barr and sworn in on July 10,2020,succeeding Richard Donoghue,who left to become the principal associate deputy attorney general to Jeffrey A. Rosen.
Stuart Frank Delery is an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel,from July 2022 to September 2023 succeeding Dana Remus. On August 17,2023,Delery announced that he would depart his position,with Ed Siskel announced to replace him by early September
Helaine Ann Greenfeld is an American attorney who was the nominee to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the Biden administration.
Brian Fletcher is an American lawyer who serves as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. He served as Acting Solicitor General from August 11,2021,until Elizabeth Prelogar's confirmation on October 21,2021.
Brian Matthew Boynton is an American lawyer serving as Acting Assistant Attorney General and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division since 2021.
Matthew Bennett Klapper is an American attorney who serves as Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. He is among the longest serving chiefs of staff in the history of the Department.
