| Scott Newton Schools | |
|---|---|
| Associate Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office 2016 – July 6, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | David Margolis |
| Succeeded by | Bradley Weinsheimer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1962 (age 55 in mid-2017) |
Scott Newton Schools is an American lawyer and the chief compliance officer of OpenAI. Schools previously served as the chief ethics and compliance officer of Uber. Before joining Uber, Schools was the highest-ranking career civil servant at the United States Department of Justice, serving as associate deputy attorney general. He has been characterized as “the most important unknown person in D.C.”
It has been reported that Schools was a significant advisor to top political officials Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein, and made a significant recommendation to dismiss James Comey.
Earlier in his career, Schools had served as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.
In 2018, Schools was replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer, who now serves as DOJ's highest ranking career civil servant.
References
- Vandana Singh. OpenAI Appoints Former Uber Exec As Compliance Officer To Oversee Regulatory Issues. Benzinga. 22 October 2024
- Greg Bensinger and Sadie Gurman. Uber Hires Former Top Justice Department Lawyer for Compliance Post. WSJ. 9 July 2018
- Leon Neyfakh. The Most Important Unknown Person in D.C. Slate. 26 June 2017
- Carrie Johnson. Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down. NPR. 3 July 2018
- Laura Jarrett. Top career official at Justice Department stepping down. CNN. 3 July 2018
- ^ Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Bradley Weinsheimer to Replace Departing Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools. News release, Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, 3 July 2018
- "Scott Schools to resign from DOJ office". Washington Times. Retrieved 2018-07-04.