Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney,political consultant,and former lobbyist serving as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden. A Democrat,he was previously chief of staff to two vice presidents,Al Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Biden from 2009 to 2011. He was also appointed by President Barack Obama as White House Ebola Response Coordinator after the appearance of Ebola virus cases in the United States,serving from 2014 to 2015. Throughout 2020 he worked as a senior advisor to Biden's presidential campaign. Following his victory,Biden announced on November 12 that Klain would serve as White House chief of staff. In January 2023,Klain announced his plans to step down as chief of staff in the weeks after Biden's State of the Union address in February.
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley is an American diplomat,attorney,political activist and philanthropist who is the designate to serve as the next United States Ambassador to Brazil in the Biden administration. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1994 to 1997.
Lucy Haeran Koh is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States. Koh previously served as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010.
James Paul Oetken,known professionally as J. Paul Oetken,is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is the first openly gay man to be confirmed as an Article III judge.
Avril Danica Haines is an American lawyer and senior government official who serves as the director of national intelligence in the Biden administration. She is the first woman to serve in this role. Haines previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Obama administration. Prior to her appointment to the CIA,she served as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of White House Counsel.
Lydia Kay Griggsby is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She is a former Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and Chief Counsel for Private and Information Policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Pamela Ann Harris is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Prior to joining the federal bench,she was an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,and visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and executive director of its Supreme Court Institute.
Matthew Joseph Kacsmaryk is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump.
Jeremy Daniel Kernodle is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Douglas Craig Emhoff is an American lawyer who is the second gentleman of the United States. He is married to the 49th vice president of the United States,Kamala Harris. As the first-ever husband of a vice president,Emhoff is the first second gentleman in American history. He is also the first Jewish spouse of a vice president.
Kenneth Kiyul Lee is a South Korean-born American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Brian Craig Buescher is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Jacqueline Scott Corley is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2011 to 2022.
Hartina M. "Tina" Flournoy is an American political advisor who served as chief of staff to vice president Kamala Harris from 2021 to 2022.
Carolyn Nancy Lerner is an American lawyer who is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
John Peter Howard III is an American lawyer who serves as an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He previously served as an administrative law judge in Washington,D.C.,from 2014 to 2022.
Carl Ezekiel Ross is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and previously as counsel to the United States House of Representatives.
Natasha C. Merle is an American lawyer from New York who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Vijay Shanker is an American lawyer who is a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Mónica Ramírez Almadani is an American lawyer who is CEO of Public Counsel,the largest pro bono law firm in the United States. She is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
