Steven Engel

Steve Engel
Official portrait, 2018
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
In office
November 13, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCurtis E. Gannon
Succeeded byChristopher H. Schroeder
Personal details
Born
Steven Andrew Engel

(1974-06-29) June 29, 1974 (age 50)
New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Susan Kearns
(m. 2004)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Cambridge (MPhil)
Yale University (JD)

Steven Andrew Engel (born June 29, 1974)[1][2] is an American lawyer. He served as the United States assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the first Trump administration.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). judiciary.senate.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "Steven A. Engel to be Nominated to Assistant Attorney General Role" (Press release). Dechert. February 1, 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Meet the Leadership". justice.gov. United States Department of Justice. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Miller, S.A. (January 31, 2017). "Trump names three senior Justice officials". Washington Times. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.