{{short description|American lawyer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dana Remus | image = Dana Remus 2022 (cropped).jpg | caption = Remus in 2022 | office = [[White House Counsel]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = January 20, 2021 | term_end = July 1, 2022 | predecessor = [[Pat Cipollone]] | successor = [[Stuart Delery]] | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|46|2021|10|24}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Madhani |first1=Aamer |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |last3=Miller |first3=Zeke |title=To navigate legal quandaries, Biden leans on low-key counsel |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-biden-cabinet-cabinets-dana-remus-c1b8694a34f87ca085f05c5bc54a83c2 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |work=Associated Press |date=October 24, 2021}}</ref> | birth_place = [[New Hampshire]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|Michael J. Irwin|2005|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|[[Brett M. Holmgren]]|2018}} | education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Dana Ann Remus''' (born 1974/1975) is an American lawyer who served as [[White House Counsel|White House counsel]] for [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] [[Joe Biden]] from January 2021 to July 2022. Prior to her appointment as White House counsel, Remus was [[general counsel]] for [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign]]. Earlier in her career, she was deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel for ethics during the [[presidency of Barack Obama]], was general counsel for the [[Obama Foundation]] from 2017 to 2019, and was counsel to [[Michelle Obama]].<ref name="Aldridge">{{cite news |last1=Aldridge |first1=Bailey |title=Who is Dana Remus? Senior counsel to President-elect Biden has a North Carolina tie |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article247236714.html |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=The News & Observer |date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Dana Remus was born in [[New Hampshire]]<ref name="Aldridge"/> and raised in the town of [[Bedford, New Hampshire|Bedford]].<ref name="WMUR">{{Cite news| url=https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-newly-named-biden-legal-counsel-dana-remus-was-raised-in-bedford/34720798#| last=DiStaso| first=John| title=NH Primary Source: Newly named Biden legal counsel Dana Remus was raised in Bedford| publisher=WMUR-9| date=November 19, 2020| access-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> She earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[East Asian studies]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1997<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hochman |first1=Dafna V. |title=Pulling for the Team |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1997/6/4/pulling-for-the-team-pwith-a/ |website=Harvard Crimson |date=June 4, 1997}}</ref> and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Yale Law School]] in 2002.<ref name="Kashino">{{cite news|last1=Kashino|first1=Marisa M.|date=October 26, 2020|title=If the Election Leads to a Legal Battle, Here Are the Lawyers Who Will Head Up the Fight|work=Washingtonian|url=https://washingtonian.com/2020/10/26/if-the-election-leads-to-a-legal-battle-here-are-the-lawyers-who-will-head-up-the-fight/|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden for President Campaign Organization - Staff, Advisors and Supporters|url=https://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/biden/bidenorg.html|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=www.democracyinaction.us}}</ref> While at Harvard, Remus [[Rowing (sport)|rowed]] as senior heavyweight crew captain and tried out for the [[United States National Women's Rowing Team|United States national women's rowing team]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1997/6/4/pulling-for-the-team-pwith-a/ | title=Pulling for the Team | News | the Harvard Crimson }}</ref>
==Career== After graduating from law school, Remus [[Law clerk|clerked]] for Judge [[Anthony Scirica]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]. She eventually joined [[Cravath, Swaine & Moore]] (2002–05). In 2006, she began her academic career as an inaugural faculty member at the newly established [[Drexel University]] College of Law (now [[Thomas R. Kline School of Law (Drexel University)|Thomas R. Kline School of Law]]) (2006–08).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Drexel Law lines up faculty - Philadelphia Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2005/11/07/daily22.html|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=Philadelphia Business Journal}}</ref> In 2008, she clerked for Justice [[Samuel Alito]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref name="OllsteinCook">{{cite news |last1=Ollstein |first1=Alice Miranda |last2=Cook |first2=Nancy |title=Biden names former Alito clerk to top White House job |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/17/biden-names-former-alito-clerk-to-top-white-house-job-437005 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> She then taught from 2009 to 2013 at the [[University of New Hampshire School of Law]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://law.unh.edu/blog/2020/12/two-members-rudman-advisory-board-named-top-posts-biden-administration|title=Two Members of the Rudman Advisory Board Named to Top Posts in Biden Administration|date=December 3, 2020|website=University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law}}</ref> and property law and judicial and legal ethics at the [[University of North Carolina School of Law]] (2013–16).
Remus joined the [[Obama administration]], serving in 2016 as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel for Ethics. After Obama left office, Remus joined the [[Obama Foundation]] (2017–20) as general counsel and also served as counsel to [[Michelle Obama]]. She left the Foundation in 2019 to become general counsel in 2020 for the [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Path">{{cite web |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |title=Dana Remus Has Taken an Unlikely Path to the White House Counsel's Office |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/dana-remus-biden.html |website=The New York Times |date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>
===Biden administration=== Remus was named [[White House Counsel|White House counsel]] on November 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barber |first1=C. Ryan |title=Former Alito Clerk Dana Remus Is Named Biden White House Counsel |url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/11/17/former-alito-clerk-dana-remus-is-named-biden-white-house-counsel/?slreturn=20201017132425 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=National Law Journal |date=November 17, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She left her position in July 2022 and was replaced by [[Stuart F. Delery]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samuels |first=Brett |date=July 15, 2022 |title=White House counsel Dana Remus to leave role next month |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3524582-white-house-counsel-dana-remus-to-leave-role-next-month/ |access-date=July 24, 2022 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Carrie |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Dana Remus made legal history in the White House. Now she's moving on |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1104920806/dana-remus-made-legal-history-in-the-white-house-now-shes-moving-on |access-date=July 24, 2022 |website=NPR |language=en}}</ref>
Remus co-lead legal offensives on behalf of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] against third-party candidates in the [[2024 United States presidential election]], alongside outside lawyer [[Robert D. Lenhard]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Rebecca Davis |date=2024-03-20 |title=Democrats Prepare Aggressive Counter to Third-Party Threats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/politics/democrats-third-party-candidates.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320234730/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/politics/democrats-third-party-candidates.html |archive-date=2024-03-20 |access-date=2024-03-22 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
==Personal life== Dana Remus is married to [[Brett M. Holmgren]], who served as the [[Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research|assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research]] in the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]]. The wedding took place on January 21, 2018, in Washington, D.C., with former president [[Barack Obama]] officiating.<ref name="Washingtonian">{{cite news |last1=Garrison Phillips |first1=Hayley |title=President Obama Officiated at a Wedding in DC This Past Weekend |url=https://washingtonian.com/2018/01/23/president-obama-officiated-at-a-wedding-in-dc-this-past-weekend/ |access-date=January 27, 2020 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> The couple have one son.<ref name="Statement of Brett Holmgren">{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Statement of Brett Holmgren Nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research Senate Foreign Relations Committee |url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/061521_Holmgren_Testimony.pdf |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=foreign.senate.gov}}</ref> Remus was previously married to Michael J. "Mike" Irwin, a rowing coach.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sjuhawks.com/staff-directory/mike-irwin/39 | title=Mike Irwin - Head Coach - Staff Directory }}</ref>
== See also == * [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20210111120212/https://buildbackbetter.gov/nominees-and-appointees/dana-remus/ Dana Remus profile (Archived 1/11/2021)] from the Biden-Harris Transition
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