Jennifer Gillian Newstead | |
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Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State | |
In office January 22, 2018 –April 22, 2019 [1] | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Brian James Egan |
Succeeded by | Marik String |
Personal details | |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Jennifer Gillian Newstead is an American attorney who served as the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. [2]
Prior to working at Facebook,she was the Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State,a role confirmed by the US Senate and holding the rank of Assistant Secretary. Prior to that,she was a partner at the large corporate law firm Davis Polk &Wardwell. [3] A graduate of Harvard University (1991) and Yale Law School (1994),Newstead clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. [4] [5] She was also General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget,Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy,and Associate Counsel to the President of the United States. [6] [7] [8] She is credited with helping to draft the Patriot Act. [9] In December 2017,during her confirmation she was questioned about her views on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Additionally,Newstead has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law. [14] In 2015, The American Lawyer recognized her for her work on transatlantic litigation. [15]
In 2018,Jennifer G. Newstead represented the United States as Agent,Counsel,and Advocate in the case Alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity,Economic Relations,and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) before the International Court of Justice. [16]
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