United States Associate Attorney General
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The Associate Attorney General is the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. 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 incumbent Acting Associate Attorney General is William Mercer.
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. Griffin Bell, during the Carter administration, was Attorney General at the time. Several recent former Associate Attorney Generals include Jay B. Stephens[1], Acting Associate Attorney General Peter D. Keisler[2], Stephen S. Trott[3], Arnold I. Burns.[4], Rudy Giuliani.[5], and Robert McCullum, Jr.
[edit] External links
- U.S. Department of Justice description of the Associate Attorney General
- U.S. Department of Justice Organization, Mission, and Functions Manual
- ^ Jay B. Stephens testifies at the Institute for Dispute Resolution
- ^ U.S. Department of Justice press release on Jay B. Stephens
- ^ Federal Judicial Center biography of Stephen S. Trott
- ^ Press release on Trott nomination, from Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
- ^ New York City government biography of Rudy Giuliani
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