William J. Haynes II

Jim Haynes
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
In office
May 24, 2001 – March 10, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byDouglas Dworkin
Succeeded byJeh Johnson
General Counsel of the Army
In office
1990–1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded bySusan J. Crawford
Succeeded byWilliam Thaddeus Coleman III
Personal details
Born
William James Haynes II

(1958-03-30) March 30, 1958 (age 66)
Waco, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationDavidson College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

William James "Jim" Haynes II (born March 30, 1958) is an American lawyer and was General Counsel of the Department of Defense during much of 43rd President George W. Bush's administration and his war on terror. Haynes resigned as general counsel effective March 2008.

He had been general counsel of the Department of the Army during the administration of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, a partner with the law firm of Jenner & Block, an associate general counsel of General Dynamics Corporation, and, beginning in 2008, chief corporate counsel of Chevron Corporation. Haynes is currently general counsel and executive vice president of SIGA Technologies, Inc.