Department of Justice

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530

Phone, 202-514-2000. Internet, http://www.usdoj.gov/.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Janet Reno

Chief of Staff John M. Hogan

Deputy Chief of Staff Kent Markus

Confidential Assistant to the Bessie L. Meadows

Attorney General

Assistants to the Attorney General Sidney Espinosa, Wilfredo A. Ferrer, David Jones, Cheryl L. Montgomery, Thomas J. Perrelli, E. Kinney Zalesne

Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Confidential Assistant Annie Bradley

Principal Associate Deputy Attorney Robert S. Litt

General

Chief of Staff Kevin A. Ohlson

Associate Deputy Attorneys General Paul J. Fishman, Marshall Jarrett, David Margolis, Eileen Mayer, Roslyn A. Mazer, Jonathan Schwartz, Robert M. Wilkinson

Counsels to the Deputy Attorney John Bentivoglio, General Craig Iscoe

Special Assistants to the Deputy Bernard Delia, Lisa Attorney General Winston

Director, Executive Office for Daniel S. Seikaly

National Security

Deputy Director/Associate Deputy Michael A. Vatis

Attorney General

Counsel for National Affairs James A. McAtamney

Associate Attorney General Raymond C. Fisher

Confidential Assistant Jayne Schreiber

Deputy Associate Attorneys General Francis M. Allegra, John Dwyer, Richard Jerome, Reginald Robinson, Lewis Anthony Sutin, Michael Small

Assistant Associate Attorney General Kenneth Chernof

Senior Counsel, Office of Peter R. Steenland, Alternative Dispute Jr.

Resolution

Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman, Acting

Inspector General Michael Bromwich

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Dawn Johnsen, Acting

Counsel

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Andrew Fois

Legislative Affairs

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Policy Eleanor D. Acheson

Development

Assistant Attorney General for Administration Stephen R. Colgate

Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division Joel I. Klein

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division Frank W. Hunger

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Bill Lann Lee, Acting

Division

Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division John C. Keeney, Acting

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Lois J. Schiffer

Natural Resources Division

Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division Loretta C. Argrett

Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Laurie Robinson

Programs

Director, Office of Public Affairs Bert Brandenburg

Directors, Office of Information and Privacy Richard L. Huff, Daniel J. Metcalfe

Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Nicholas M. Gess

Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys Carol DiBattiste

Director, Bureau of Prisons Kathleen M. Hawk

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Louis J. Freeh

Director, United States Marshals Service Eduardo Gonzalez

Director, Executive Office for Immigration Anthony C. Moscato

Review

Director, Executive Office for United States Joseph Patchan

Trustees

Director, Community Relations Service Rose Ochi

Director, Community Oriented Policing Services Joseph Brann

Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Thomas A. Constantine

Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Doris Meissner

Service

Chairman, United States Parole Commission Michael Gaines

Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Delissa A. Ridgway

Chief, INTERPOL-U.S. National Central Bureau James Christensen, Acting

Counsel, Office of Intelligence Policy and Gerald E. Schroeder, Review Acting

Counsel, Office of Professional Responsibility Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.

Pardon Attorney Roger C. Adams, Acting

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As the largest law firm in the Nation, the Department of Justice serves as counsel for its citizens. It represents them in enforcing the law in the public interest. Through its thousands of lawyers, investigators, and agents, the Department plays the key role in protection against criminals and subversion, in ensuring healthy competition of business in our free enterprise system, in safeguarding the consumer, and in enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalization laws. The Department also plays a significant role in protecting citizens through its efforts for effective law enforcement, crime prevention, crime detection, and prosecution and rehabilitation of offenders.

Moreover, the Department conducts all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States is concerned. It represents the Government in legal matters generally, rendering legal advice and opinions, upon request, to the President and to the heads of the executive departments. The Attorney General supervises and directs these activities, as well as those of the U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals in the various judicial districts around the country.

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The Department of Justice was established by act of June 22, 1870, as amended (28 U.S.C. 501, 503, 509 note), with the Attorney General as its head. Prior to 1870 the Attorney General was a member of the President's Cabinet, but not the head of a department, the office having been created under authori...

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