Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) are headed by an assistant attorney general.
The president of the United States appoints individuals to the position of assistant attorney general with the advice and consent of the Senate. United States Department of Justice components that are led by an assistant attorney general are:
Antitrust Division Civil Division Civil Rights Division Criminal Division Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) Justice Management Division (JMD) National Security Division Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Office of Legal Policy (OLP) Tax Division National Fraud Enforcement Division
Assistant attorneys general report either to the deputy attorney general (in the case of the Criminal Division, the Justice Management Division and the Offices of Legal Counsel, Legislative Affairs, and Legal Policy) or to the associate attorney general (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax Divisions and the Office of Justice Programs).
List of U.S. assistant attorneys general
Assistant Attorney General Name Years of service Appointed by President Titian J. Coffey 1880–1884 Chester A. Arthur Zachariah Montgomery 1885–1889 Grover Cleveland John C. Chaney 1889–1893 Benjamin Harrison William Arden Maury 1889–1893 Holmes Conrad 1893–1895 Grover Cleveland Joshua Eric Dodge 1893–1897 Edward Baldwin Whitney 1895–1897 James Edmund Boyd 1897–1900 William McKinley James M. Beck 1900–1903 James Clark McReynolds 1903–1907 Theodore Roosevelt Edward Terry Sanford 1907–1908 James Alexander Fowler 1908–1911 William H. Lewis 1911 William TaftErnest Knaebel1912–1916 William L. Frierson 1917–1920 Woodrow WilsonAnnette Abbott Adams1920–1921 Mabel Walker Willebrandt 1921–1929 Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge Roger Wilkins 1966–1969 Lyndon Johnson Wesley Pomeroy 1968–1969 Richard Nixon
Antitrust Division Name Years of service Appointed by William Joseph Donovan 1926–1927 Calvin Coolidge John Lord O'Brian 1929–1933 Herbert Hoover Robert H. Jackson 1937–1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt Thurman Arnold 1938–1943 Wendell Berge 1943–1947 John F. Sonnett 1947–1948 Harry S. Truman Herbert Bergson 1948–1950 Leonard Bessman 1950–1951 H. Graham Morison 1951–1952 Newell A. Clapp 1952–1953 acting Stanley Barnes 1953–1956 Eisenhower Victor R. Hansen 1956–1959 Robert A. Bicks 1959–1961 Lee Loevinger 1961–1963 Kennedy William H. Orrick Jr. 1963–1965 Donald F. Turner 1965–1968 Lyndon Johnson Edwin Zimmerman 1968–1969 Richard W. McLaren 1969–1972 Richard Nixon Walker B. Comegys 1972 acting Thomas E. Kauper 1972–1976 Richard Nixon Donald I. Baker 1976–1977 Gerald R. Ford John H. Shenefield 1977–1979 Jimmy Carter Sanford Litvack 1979–1981 William Baxter 1981–1983 Ronald Reagan J. Paul McGrath 1983–1985 Douglas H. Ginsburg 1985–1986 Charles Rule 1986–1989 James F. Rill 1989–1992 George H.W. Bush Charles James 1992 acting J. Mark Gidley 1992–1993 acting Anne Bingaman 1993–1996 Bill Clinton Joel Klein 1996–2000 Douglas Melamed 2000–2001 actingCharles James 2001–2003 George W. Bush R. Hewitt Pate 2003–2005 Thomas O. Barnett 2005–2008 Deborah A. Garza 2008–2009 acting Christine A. Varney 2009–2011 Barack Obama Sharis Pozen 2011–2012 acting Joseph F. Wayland 2012 acting Renata Hesse 2012–2013 acting William Baer 2013–2017 Barack Obama Makan Delrahim 2017–2021 Donald TrumpJonathan Kanter2021–2024Joe BidenDoha Mekki 2024–2025 actingGail Slater 2025–2026 Donald Trump
Civil Division #NameTerm beganTerm endedPresident(s) served under1 Charles B. Rugg 1930 1933 Herbert Hoover2 George Clinton Sweeney 1933 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt3 Angus D. MacLean 19354 James W. Morris 1935 19375 Sam E. Whitaker 1937 19396 Francis M. Shea 1939 19457 John F. Sonnett 1945 1947 Harry S. Truman8 Peyton Ford 1947 19499 H. Graham Morison 1949 195110 Holmes Baldridge 1951 195311 Warren E. Burger 1953 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower12 George Cochran Doub 1953 196013 William H. Orrick Jr. 1961 1963 John F. Kennedy14 John W. Douglas 1963 1966 John F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson15 Barefoot Sanders 1966 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson16 Edwin L. Weisl Jr. 1967 1969 17 William Ruckelshaus 1969 1970 Richard Nixon18 L. Patrick Gray 1970 1972 19 Harlington Wood Jr. 1972 197320 Carla Anderson Hills 1973 197521 Rex E. Lee 1975 1977 Gerald Ford22 Barbara A. Babcock 1977 1979 Jimmy Carter23 Alice Daniels 1979 198124 J. Paul McGrath 1981 1985 Ronald Reagan25 Richard K. Willard 1985 198826 John Bolton 1988 198927 Stuart M. Gerson 1989 1993 George H. W. Bush28 Frank W. Hunger 1993 1999 Bill Clinton 29 David W. Ogden 1999 200130 Robert McCallum Jr. 2001 2003 George W. Bush31 Peter Keisler 2003 200732 Gregory G. Katsas 2008 200933 Tony West 2009 2012 Barack Obama34 Stuart F. Delery 2012 2014 - Benjamin C. Mizer (acting) 2014 2017 - Chad Readler (acting) 2017 2018 Donald Trump35 Jody Hunt 2018 2020 - Ethan P. Davis (acting) 2020 2020 - Jeffrey Clark (acting) 2020 2021 - Brian Boynton (acting) 2021 2025 Joe Biden -Brett Shumate (acting)20252025Donald Trump -Yaakov M. Roth (interim)2025Present Source:
Civil Rights Division
Harmeet Dhillon (Assuming office 2025) Mac Warner (Acting 2025–present) Kristen Clarke (2021–2025) Eric Dreiband (2018–2021) John M. Gore (Acting 2017–2018) Thomas E. Wheeler II (Acting 2017) Vanita Gupta (Acting 2014–2017) Molly J. Moran (Acting 2014) Jocelyn Samuels (Acting 2013–2014) Thomas Perez, (2009–2013) Grace Chung Becker (Acting 2008) Wan J. Kim, (2005–2007) R. Alexander Acosta (2003–2005) Bradley Schlozman (Acting 2003) Ralph F. Boyd Jr. (2001–2003) William R. Yeomans (Acting 2001) Bill Lann Lee (1997–2001) Deval Patrick, (1994–1997) James P. Turner (Acting 1993–94) John R. Dunne(1990–1993) James P. Turner (Acting 1989–1990) William C. Lucas (Acting 1988–1989) William Bradford Reynolds (1981–1988) Drew S. Days, III (1977–1980) J. Stanley Pottinger (1973–1977) David Luke Norman (1971–1973) Jerris Leonard (1969–1971) Stephen J. Pollak (1968–1969) John Michael Doar (1965 to 1967) Burke Marshall (1961–1964) Harold R. Tyler (1960–1961) W. Wilson White (1957–1960)
Criminal Division
Kenneth Polite (2021–2023) Brian Benczkowski (2018–2020) Leslie Caldwell (2014–2017) Lanny Breuer (2009–2013) Alice Fisher (2005–2008) Christopher A. Wray (2003–2005) Michael Chertoff (2001–2003) James Robinson (1998–2001) Jo Ann Harris (1993–1995) Robert Mueller (1990–1993) Edward S.G. Dennis (1988–1990) William Weld (1986–1988) Stephen S. Trott (1983–1986) D. Lowell Jensen (1981–1983) Philip Heymann (1978–1981) Benjamin Civiletti (1977–1978) Dick Thornburgh (1975–1977) Henry E. Petersen (1972–1974) Will Wilson (1969–1971) Fred Vinson Jr. (1965–1969) Herbert Miller Jr. (1961–1965) Malcolm R. Wilkey (1959–1961) Malcolm Anderson (1958–1959) Warren Olney III (1953–1957) Charles B. Murray (1952–1953) James M. McInerney (1950–1952) Alexander M. Campbell (1948–1949) T. Vincent Quinn (1947–1948) Theron Caudle (1945–1947) Tom C. Clark (1943–1945) Wendell Berge (1940–1943) O. John Rogge (1939–1940) Brien McMahon (1936–1939) Joseph B. Keenan (1934–1936) Pat Malloy (1933) E. Nugent Dodds (1931–1933) Oscar R. Luhring (1925–1930) William J. Donovan (1924–1925) Earl J. Davis (1924) John Crim (1921–1923) Robert P. Stewart (1919–1921)
National Security Division Name President(s) Announcement Nomination sentto the Senate Confirmationby the Senate Sworn in Left office Kenneth L. Wainstein George W. Bush March 13, 2006 September 21, 2006Wayback Machine September 28, 2006 March 30, 2008, to become Homeland Security Advisor (Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism) J. Patrick Rowan June 19, 2008 September 26, 2008Statement Of Sen. Leahy On Nomination Of J. Patrick Rowanhttp://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=110-s20080926-139 October 3, 2008 January 20, 2009 David S. Kris Barack Obama January 22, 2009 February 11, 2009 March 25, 2009 – – Lisa MonacoMarch 17, 2011 June 28, 2011 July 1, 2011 March 8, 2013 John Demers Donald Trump, Joe Biden September 2, 2017 September 5, 2017 February 15, 2018 February 22, 2018 June 21, 2021 Matthew G. Olsen Joe Biden May 26, 2021 May 27, 2021 October 28, 2021 November 1, 2021 January 20, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources Division Ernest Knaebel (1911–1916) Ramsey Clark (1961–1965) Jeffrey Clark (2018–2021) Todd Kim (2021–2025)
Justice Management Division Jolene Ann Lauria
Tax Division Robert H. Jackson (1936–1938) Mabel Walker Willebrandt (1921–1929)
Office of Justice Programs Jimmy Gurulé (1990–1992) Laurie O. Robinson
Office of Legal Counsel