Scott Newton Schools | |
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Associate Deputy Attorney General | |
In office 2016 –July 6, 2018 | |
Preceded by | David Margolis |
Succeeded by | Bradley Weinsheimer |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961or1962(age 62–63) |
Scott Newton Schools is an American lawyer and the chief compliance officer of OpenAI. [1] Schools previously served as the chief ethics and compliance officer of Uber. [2] Before joining Uber,Schools was the highest-ranking career civil servant at the United States Department of Justice,serving as associate deputy attorney general. He has been characterized as “the most important unknown person in D.C.” [3]
It has been reported that Schools was a significant advisor to top political officials Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein,and made a significant recommendation to dismiss James Comey. [4] [5]
Earlier in his career,Schools had served as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. [6] [7]
In 2018,Schools was replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer,who now serves as DOJ's highest ranking career civil servant. [6]