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Paul C. Ney Jr. | |
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General Counsel of the Department of Defense | |
In office August 20, 2018 –January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Jennifer M. O'Connor |
Succeeded by | Beth George (acting) Caroline Krass |
Acting General Counsel of the Navy | |
In office January 2,2006 –September 25,2006 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Alberto J. Mora |
Succeeded by | Frank Jimenez |
Personal details | |
Born | Paul Charles Ney,Jr. [1] June 6,1958 [2] Shamokin,Pennsylvania [3] |
Education | Cornell University (BS) Vanderbilt University (JD,MBA) |
Paul Charles Ney Jr. (born June 6,1958) is an American lawyer who served as the General Counsel of the Department of Defense of the United States from 2018 to 2021. [4] He previously served as Acting General Counsel of the Navy and as the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Tennessee. [5]
Paul C. Ney Jr. attended Cornell University,receiving a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1980. Ney next enrolled in the joint Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration program at Vanderbilt University,graduating in 1984. He then spent 1984–85 clerking for Judge Adrian G. Duplantier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
In 1985,Ney joined the law firm of Trauger,Ney &Tuke in Nashville,Tennessee. He became a partner of the firm in 1990. His practice at Trauger,Ney &Tuke focused on civil litigation,administrative law,arbitration and mediation,and intellectual property. He also served as the General Counsel of the Tennessee Republican Party and as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School.
In 2006,President George W. Bush named Ney Principal Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of the Navy. He served as Acting General Counsel of the Navy from January 2,2006 until September 25,2006. Upon leaving the Department of the Navy,Ney joined Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's Office of Economic and Community Development.
In February 2010,Ney joined the law firm of Patterson Intellectual Property Law.
On August 25,2016,Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced that Ney would join the Attorney General's Office as Chief Deputy. [6] In his role as Chief Deputy Attorney General,Ney coordinates and supervises the substantive legal work of all five sections of the office.
In January 2018,President Donald Trump announced Ney as his nominee for General Counsel of the Department of Defense. [7] He was confirmed by the Senate on July 12,2018. [8]
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