Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist serving since March 2021 as the 86th United States attorney general. He previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.
The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) is an office in the United States Department of Justice that assists the Attorney General's position as legal adviser to the President and all executive branch agencies. It drafts legal opinions of the Attorney General and provides its own written opinions and other advice in response to requests from the Counsel to the President,the various agencies of the Executive Branch,and other components of the Department of Justice. The Office reviews and comments on the constitutionality of pending legislation. The office reviews any executive orders and substantive proclamations for legality if the President proposes them. All proposed orders of the Attorney General and regulations that require the Attorney General’s approval are reviewed. It also performs a variety of special assignments referred by the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General.
Robert Phillip Charrow is an American lawyer and government official.
Todd Sunhwae Kim is an American attorney serving as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division. He earlier served as the first Solicitor General for the District of Columbia for nearly 12 years. He was twice nominated by President Barack Obama for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals,but the Senate held no hearings on his nominations,which expired without action.
Matthew Glen Olsen is an American prosecutor 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.
The President's Surveillance Program (PSP) is a collection of secret intelligence activities authorized by the President of the United States George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks in 2001 as part of the War on Terrorism. Information collected under this program was protected within a Sensitive Compartmented Information security compartment codenamed STELLARWIND.
Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. is an American lawyer who is currently serving as the assistant attorney general for the criminal division in the United States Department of Justice since July 21,2021. He previously served as a United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 2013 to 2017.
Armando Omar Bonilla is an American attorney who is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Prior to this,Bonilla served as an associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice.
Steven Andrew Engel is an American lawyer. He served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Donald Trump administration. Engel,who previously worked in the George W. Bush administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel,was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31,2017,and confirmed on November 7,2017. On January 20,2021,he was succeeded by Christopher H. Schroeder,serving under the Biden Administration.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as the acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as the United States deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Department of Justice,he was a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis and was the United States deputy secretary of transportation.
Ryan Douglas Nelson is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was previously nominated to become Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior,but was never confirmed.
Mark Lee Greenblatt is an American attorney and government official currently serving as the Inspector General of the United States Department of the Interior. As the Department's 7th confirmed Inspector General,Mr. Greenblatt oversees a nationwide workforce of more than 270 investigators,auditors,evaluators,attorneys,and support staff whose mission is to detect and deter waste,fraud,abuse,and misconduct in DOI programs,and to promote economy and efficiency in Departmental operations. Mr. Greenblatt is the senior official responsible for providing oversight of more than 70,000 Department employees,assessing the Department's diverse programs with more than $10 billion in grants and contracts,and conducting complex administrative and criminal investigations.
Michael Kevin Atkinson is an American attorney. He worked for the United States Department of Justice for approximately 15 years,before becoming the second Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. He assumed office on May 17,2018.
Carolyn Nancy Lerner is an American lawyer who is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Nicholas William Brown is an American lawyer who has served as United States attorney for the Western District of Washington since October 2021.
Jill E. Steinberg is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Georgia since February 2023.
