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United States Associate Attorney General
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<h2 id="list-of-united-states-associate-attorneys-general">List of United States associate attorneys general</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Name</th><th>Years in office</th><th>President</th></tr><tr><th>1</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_J._Egan/3L5aWAGq">Michael J. Egan</a></td><td>1977–1979</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Jimmy_Carter/Rr4UyAVX">Jimmy Carter</a></td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_H._Shenefield/mPdrn4ak">John H. Shenefield</a></td><td>1979–1981</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Rudy_Giuliani/eIXNWUvQ">Rudolph W. Giuliani</a></td><td>1981–1983</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Ronald_Reagan/z6AaKAad">Ronald Reagan</a></td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Delwen_Lowell_Jensen/nTXD3tjd">D. Lowell Jensen</a></td><td>1983–1985</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Arnold_I._Burns/3QhlFtE8">Arnold I. Burns</a></td><td>1985–1986</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Stephen_S._Trott/6pQdcTTd">Stephen S. Trott</a></td><td>1986–1988</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Frank_Keating/0LPkXVy1">Frank Keating</a></td><td>1988–1990</td><td><a href="/facts/George_H._W._Bush/Xk5UxRqp">George H. W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><i>Vacant</i></td><td colspan="2"><i>1990–1992</i></td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Wayne_Budd/VwRzVtgl">Wayne Budd</a></td><td>1992–1993</td><td>George H. W. Bush</td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Webster_Hubbell/jEe2Bq0v">Webster Hubbell</a></td><td>1993–1994</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Bill_Clinton/x5mwYkVh">Bill Clinton</a></td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Schmidt/ovhAkaqA">John Schmidt</a></td><td>1994–1997</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Raymond_C._Fisher/lXJrbSTU">Raymond C. Fisher</a></td><td>1997–1999</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Daniel_Marcus_(lawyer)/f557QoVU">Daniel Marcus</a></td><td>1999–2001</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jay_B._Stephens/A9d28rN3">Jay B. Stephens</a></td><td>2001–2002</td><td rowspan="6"><a href="/facts/George_W._Bush/mYSgM515">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Keisler/ylxTHhyl">Peter Keisler</a> *</td><td>2002–2003</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_McCallum_Jr./VSmg8FUb">Robert McCallum Jr.</a></td><td>2003–2006</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/William_W._Mercer/Bar1G0T1">William W. Mercer</a> *</td><td>2006–2007</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Gregory_G._Katsas/y3VnQseN">Gregory G. Katsas</a> *</td><td>2007–2008</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kevin_J._O%2527Connor_(attorney)/z43puDEL">Kevin J. O'Connor</a></td><td>2008–2009</td></tr><tr><th>16</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Thomas_J._Perrelli/BzKN68hq">Thomas J. Perrelli</a></td><td>2009–2012</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Barack_Obama/76wUMgL1">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th>17</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Tony_West_(attorney)/QA6eJBLX">Tony West</a></td><td>2012–2014</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Stuart_F._Delery/RoYqbEQo">Stuart F. Delery</a> *</td><td>2014–2016</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/William_Baer_(antitrust_lawyer)/s81Ju9YE">William J. Baer</a> *</td><td>2016–2017</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jesse_Panuccio/1nyLcwgU">Jesse Panuccio</a> *</td><td>2017</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th>18</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Rachel_Brand/tuTPMlb2">Rachel Brand</a></td><td>2017–2018</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jesse_Panuccio/1nyLcwgU">Jesse Panuccio</a> *</td><td>2018–2019</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Claire_McCusker_Murray/18HCrGnT">Claire McCusker Murray</a>*</td><td>2019–2021</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td>Matthew Colangelo*</td><td>2021</td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Joe_Biden/fe2ThfUp">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th>19</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Vanita_Gupta/179nU8A3">Vanita Gupta</a></td><td>2021–2024</td></tr><tr><th>–</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Benjamin_C._Mizer/vgDtG7PC">Benjamin C. Mizer</a>*</td><td>2024-2025</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">* Acting Associate Attorney General</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/asg/">Official website</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007. <a href="https://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm" target="_blank">https://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007. <a href="https://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"US CODE: Title 28,504a. Associate Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007. <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/504a-" target="_blank">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/504a-</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007. <a href="https://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General". Retrieved September 22, 2007. <a href="https://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm" target="_blank">https://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>