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United States Associate Attorney General
Seal of the Department
Flag of the Associate Attorney General
Incumbent Benjamin C. Mizer Acting since February 2, 2024
United States Department of Justice
Reports to	Attorney General
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	28 U.S.C. § 504a
Formation	March 10, 1977
First holder	Michael J. Egan
Website	www.justice.gov/asg

The United States associate attorney general is the third-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The associate attorney general advises and assists the attorney general and the deputy attorney general in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters. The associate attorney general is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

The Office of the Associate Attorney General oversees the Antitrust Division, the Civil Division, the Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Tax Division, the Office of Justice Programs, the Community Oriented Policing Services, the Community Relations Service, the Office of Dispute Resolution, the Office of Violence Against Women, the Office of Information and Privacy, the Executive Office for United States Trustees, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

The Office of the Associate Attorney General was created on March 10, 1977, by Attorney General Order No. 699-77.

List of United States associate attorneys general

No.	Portrait	Name	Years in office	President
1		Michael J. Egan	1977–1979	Jimmy Carter
2		John H. Shenefield	1979–1981
3		Rudolph W. Giuliani	1981–1983	Ronald Reagan
4		D. Lowell Jensen	1983–1985
5		Arnold I. Burns	1985–1986
6		Stephen S. Trott	1986–1988
7		Frank Keating	1988–1990	George H. W. Bush
Vacant			1990–1992
8		Wayne Budd	1992–1993	George H. W. Bush
9		Webster Hubbell	1993–1994	Bill Clinton
10		John Schmidt	1994–1997
11		Raymond C. Fisher	1997–1999
12		Daniel Marcus	1999–2001
13		Jay B. Stephens	2001–2002	George W. Bush
–		Peter Keisler	2002–2003
14		Robert McCallum Jr.	2003–2006
–		William W. Mercer	2006–2007
–		Gregory G. Katsas	2007–2008
15		Kevin J. O'Connor	2008–2009
16		Thomas J. Perrelli	2009–2012	Barack Obama
17		Tony West	2012–2014
–		Stuart F. Delery	2014–2016
–		William J. Baer	2016–2017
–		Jesse Panuccio	2017	Donald Trump
18		Rachel Brand	2017–2018
–		Jesse Panuccio	2018–2019
–		Claire McCusker Murray	2019–2021
–		Matthew Colangelo	2021	Joe Biden
19		Vanita Gupta	2021–2024
–		Benjamin C. Mizer	2024–present
Acting Associate Attorney General

References

1. ^ "DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
2. ^ "USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
3. "US CODE: Title 28,504a. Associate Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007.

External links

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