Associate deputy attorney general

United States Associate Deputy Attorney General
Seal of the Department of Justice
since February 1, 2021
United States Department of Justice
StyleAssociate Deputy Attorney General
Reports toUnited States Deputy Attorney General
SeatDepartment of Justice Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Formation1972

Associate deputy attorney general is a position in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. The number of positions varies widely depending on the staffing discretion of the deputy attorney general, but in 2017, there were five such positions,[1] all of whom served as advisors to the deputy attorney general.[1][2][3] There is also a separate principal associate deputy attorney general, who is the principal advisor to the deputy attorney general, and to whom all associate deputy attorneys general report.[4] The associate deputy attorney general positions are filled by Senior Executive Service (SES) career attorneys, by SES political appointees, or by non-SES career attorneys serving on detail assignments from elsewhere in the department.[5][6]

The position is not to be confused with the deputy associate attorneys general, who report to the associate attorney general.[5][7]

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  2. ^ Rosen, James (December 7, 2017). "Top DOJ official demoted amid probe of contacts with Trump dossier firm". Fox News. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Associate Deputy Attorney General". U.S. Office of Personnel Management. July 11, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Appointments of Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General". June 19, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "2012 Plum Book" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  6. ^ "Matthew Axelrod '97 - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "Membership of the Senior Executive Service Standing Performance Review Boards". Federal Register. October 17, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2018.