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.
United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal criminal prosecutor in their judicial district and represents the U.S. federal government in civil litigation in federal and state court within their geographic jurisdiction. U.S. attorneys must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate,after which they serve four-year terms.
Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general.
The United States Department of Justice Criminal Division is a federal agency of the United States Department of Justice that develops,enforces,and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws in the United States. Criminal Division attorneys prosecute many nationally significant cases and formulate and implement criminal enforcement policy. Division attorneys also provide advice and guidance to the Attorney General of the United States,the United States Congress,and the White House on matters of criminal law. The Division was founded in 1919.
Rachel Kunjummen Paulose is an American attorney. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as a United States Attorney. She was the youngest person and the first woman to lead the District of Minnesota.
The Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race,sex,disability,religion,and national origin.
Thomas Edward Perez is an American politician and attorney currently serving as senior advisor to the president of the United States and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,holding both positions since June 2023. Perez previously served as the United States secretary of labor (2013–2017),the chair of the Democratic National Committee (2017–2021),and United States assistant attorney general for civil rights (2009–2013).
Bradley Joseph Schlozman is an American attorney who served as acting head of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. A member of the Republican Party,Schlozman was appointed by Gonzales as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,replacing Todd Graves,and he assumed that office on March 23,2006. In April 2007,Schlozman left the U.S. Attorney position to work at the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. He was succeeded by John F. Wood as US attorney.
David William Ogden,known professionally as David W. Ogden is an American lawyer who served as the deputy attorney general of the United States. An American lawyer,Ogden was also a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense during the administration of President Bill Clinton. He is a nationally recognized litigator and counselor in the Washington,DC.,office of the law firm WilmerHale,LLP.
Vicki Miles-LaGrange is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. She was the first African-American woman to be sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. She was also the first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Senate.
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.
Vanita Gupta is an American attorney who has served as United States Associate Attorney General since April 22,2021. From 2014 to 2017,Gupta served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama.
James J. Eisenhower is an American lawyer and judge from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a judge on the Pennsylvania First Judicial District's Court of Common Pleas. He was previously a Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline. Eisenhower was Of Counsel at Philadelphia law firm Dilworth Paxson LLP. His practice centered around white collar criminal defense,internal investigations,compliance,ethics and campaign finance matters.
Samuel Robert Bagenstos is an American attorney and academic who is the General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. From January 2021 until June 2022,he served as the general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget. He is a former law professor at the University of Michigan,a job he returned to after serving for two years as the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is an agency of the Oklahoma state government that is headed by the Attorney General of Oklahoma. The OAG is responsible for supervising the administration of justice across the State,providing legal assistance to the State government,and prosecuting violators of State law.
The law of North Korea is a codified civil law system inherited from the Japanese and influenced by the Soviet Union. It is governed by The Socialist Constitution and operates within the political system of North Korea.
Derek Anthony West is an American attorney and former government official,and the current Senior Vice President and chief legal officer of Uber. Before Uber,West was Associate Attorney General of the United States and general counsel of PepsiCo. West previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division,the largest litigating division in the Department of Justice.
William Wilson White Sr.(February 23,1906 –November 11,1964) was a prominent attorney in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania and served as the first United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division from 1957 to 1960. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1957. White was also a partner in the law firm White and Williams LLP which was founded by his father,Thomas Raeburn White.
Eric David Miller is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
John Peter Cronan is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was formerly acting United States assistant attorney general for the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division.
