{{Short description|Senior official in the US Department of Justice}} {{Infobox official post | post = United States Associate Attorney General | insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Justice.svg | insigniasize = 110 | insigniacaption = Seal of the department | flag = Flag of the United States Associate Attorney General.svg | flagsize = 120 | flagcaption = Flag of the associate attorney general | image = Stanley Woodward portrait.jpg | imagesize = 180 | incumbent = Stanley Woodward | acting = | incumbentsince = November 14, 2025 | department = United States Department of Justice | reports_to = Attorney General | appointer = The president | appointer_qualified = with Senate advice and consent | termlength = No fixed term | constituting_instrument = {{usc|28|504a}} | formation = March 10, 1977 | first = Michael J. Egan | website = {{url|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.<ref name="a">{{cite web |title=DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/manual/ag.htm |access-date= September 22, 2007}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite web |title=USDOJ: Office of the Associate Attorney General |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/aag/index.html |access-date=September 22, 2007}}</ref> The associate attorney general is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=US CODE: Title 28,504a. Associate Attorney General |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/504a-|access-date=September 22, 2007}}</ref>
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.<ref name="b"/>
The Office of the Associate Attorney General was created on March 10, 1977, by Attorney General Order No. 699-77.<ref name="a"/>
==List of United States associate attorneys general== {|class="wikitable" |- ! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Portrait ! Name ! Years in office ! President |- !1 |80px | Michael J. Egan | align="center" | 1977–1979 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Jimmy Carter |- !2 |80px | John H. Shenefield | align="center" | 1979–1981 |- ! 3 |127x127px | Rudolph W. Giuliani | align="center" | 1981–1983 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | Ronald Reagan |- !4 |80px | D. Lowell Jensen | align="center" | 1983–1985 |- !5 |80px | Arnold I. Burns | align="center" | 1985–1986 |-gu !6 |80px | Stephen S. Trott | align="center" | 1986–1988 |- !7 |80px | Frank Keating | align="center" | 1988–1990 | rowspan="3" align="center" | George H. W. Bush |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | ''Vacant'' | style="text-align:center" | ''1990–1992'' |- ! 8 | | Wayne Budd | align="center" | 1992–1993 |- ! 9 | | Webster Hubbell | align="center" | 1993–1994 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | Bill Clinton |- ! 10 | | John Schmidt | align="center" | 1994–1997 |- ! 11 |80px | Raymond C. Fisher | align="center" | 1997–1999 |- !12 | | Daniel Marcus | align="center" | 1999–2001 |- !13 | | Jay B. Stephens | align="center" | 2001–2002 | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | George W. Bush |- ! – |80px | Peter Keisler <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2002–2003 |- ! 14 |80px | Robert McCallum Jr. | align="center" | 2003–2006 |- ! – |80px | William W. Mercer <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2006–2007 |- !– |80px | Gregory G. Katsas <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2007–2008 |- !15 |80px | Kevin J. O'Connor | align="center" | 2008–2009 |- !16 |80px | Thomas J. Perrelli | align="center" | 2009–2012 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | Barack Obama |- !17 |80px | Tony West | align="center" | 2012–2014 |- ! – |80px | Stuart F. Delery <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2014–2016 |- !– |80px | William J. Baer <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2016–2017 |- ! – |80px | Jesse Panuccio <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2017 | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | Donald Trump |- ! 18 |80px | Rachel Brand | align="center" | 2017–2018 |- ! – |80px | Jesse Panuccio <sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2018–2019 |- ! – |80px | Claire McCusker Murray<sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2019–2021 |- !– |80px | Matthew Colangelo<sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2021 | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |Joe Biden |- !19 |80px |Vanita Gupta | style="text-align:center" | 2021–2024 |- !– |80px | Benjamin C. Mizer<sup>*</sup> | align="center" | 2024–2025 |- |-class="small" |- !20 | 80px |Stanley Woodward | align="center" | 2025– | Donald Trump |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:center" | <sup>*</sup> Acting Associate Attorney General |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
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