{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Short description|American lawyer (born 1968)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Stuart Delery |image = Stuart Delery.png |caption = Delery in 2015 |office = [[White House Counsel]] |president = [[Joe Biden]] |term_start = July 1, 2022 |term_end = September 11, 2023 |predecessor = [[Dana Remus]] |successor = [[Ed Siskel]] |office2 = [[United States Associate Attorney General]] |status2 = Acting |president2 = [[Barack Obama]] |term_start2 = September 15, 2014 |term_end2 = April 17, 2016 |predecessor2 = [[Tony West (attorney)|Tony West]] |successor2 = [[William Baer (antitrust lawyer)|William Baer]] |office3 = [[United States Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Civil Division|Civil Division]] |president3 = [[Barack Obama]] |term_start3 = March 12, 2012 |term_end3 = April 17, 2016<br />Acting: March 12, 2012 – August 1, 2013 |predecessor3 = [[Tony West (attorney)|Tony West]] |successor3 = [[Jody Hunt]] |birth_name = Stuart Frank Delery |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}} |birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[University of Virginia]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Stuart Frank Delery'''<ref name="Martindale">{{cite web |title=Stuart Frank Delery Profile |url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/stuart-f-delery-379143 |accessdate=April 26, 2022 |website=www.martindale.com}}</ref> (born 1968)<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Stuart-F-Delery-Final-Senate-Judiciary-Questionnaire.pdf Stuart F. Delery. Final Senate Judiciary Questionnaire] judiciary.senate.gov</ref> is an American attorney who served as the [[White House Counsel]], from July 2022 to September 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel NewWhite House lawyer who advised Biden on pandemic and GOP investigations is set to leave next month |url=https://apnews.com/article/white-house-counsel-biden-delery-republican-investigations-631da5c006d0091e9c9fa6e111382cc7 |date=August 17, 2023|accessdate=August 25, 2023 |website=www.AP new.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel New White House Counsel |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/22/president-joe-biden-names-ed-siskel-new-white-house-counsel/ |date=August 22, 2023|access-date=August 25, 2023 |website=[[White House]]}}</ref> Previously, Delery had served as [[Office of the White House Counsel|Deputy Counsel to the President]] in the [[Biden administration]], announced in December 2020. Prior to that, he was the Acting [[United States Associate Attorney General]] from 2014 to 2016.
== Education == Delery earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1990 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Yale Law School]] in 1993.<ref name="Martindale" /> He served as a law clerk for Justices [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] and [[Byron White]], in addition to [[Gerald Bard Tjoflat]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stuart F. Delery|url=https://juvenilecouncil.ojp.gov/bio/stuart-delery|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Office of Justice Programs|language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Delery joined the [[United States Department of Justice]] in 2009 as the chief of staff and counselor to the [[United States Deputy Attorney General]]. He later served as a senior counselor to the [[United States Attorney General]]. From March 2012 to September 2014, Delery served as the 35th [[United States Department of Justice Civil Division|Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gibson Dunn {{!}} Delery, Stuart F.|url=https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/delery-stuart-f/|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Gibson Dunn|language=en-US}}</ref> After the resignation of [[Tony West (attorney)|Tony West]], Delery served as acting [[United States Associate Attorney General|Associate Attorney General]] from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 18, 2015|title=PN128 - Nomination of Stuart F. Delery for Department of Justice, 114th Congress (2015-2016)|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/128|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Stuart F. Delery {{!}} The Federalist Society|url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/stuart-delery|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=fedsoc.org|date=April 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Apuzzo|first=Matt|date=September 5, 2014|title=Justice Dept. Promotes Lawyer to No. 3 Post (Published 2014)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/us/politics/justice-department-promotes-stuart-delery-gay-rights-specialist.html|access-date=November 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Protess|first=Ben|date=November 20, 2020|title=S.&P. Nears Settlement With Justice Dept. Over Inflated Ratings|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/s-p-nears-settlement-with-justice-over-inflated-ratings/|access-date=|website=DealBook|language=en}}</ref> Delery stepped down from his position in April 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Justice Department's No. 3 Official Is Stepping Down|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/05/473092306/justice-departments-no-3-official-is-stepping-down|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=NPR.org|date=April 5, 2016 |language=en|last1=Johnson |first1=Carrie }}</ref>
After leaving the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], Delery worked as a partner at [[Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he specialized in white collar defense, constitutional law, and national security. He also maintained a pro bono practice, where he specialized in [[LGBT]] and immigration cases.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 12, 2016|title=Gibson Dunn {{!}} Stuart Delery, Third-Ranking DOJ Official, Joins Gibson Dunn in Washington, DC. Delery has been appointed as Deputy General Counsel to the President of the United States by Joseph Biden.|url=https://www.gibsondunn.com/stuart-delery-third-ranking-doj-official-joins-gibson-dunn-in-washington-dc/|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Gibson Dunn|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Stuart Delery - Yale Law School|url=https://law.yale.edu/stuart-delery|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=law.yale.edu}}</ref>
In July 2022, Delery became [[White House Counsel]] after the departure of [[Dana Remus]]. He is the first openly [[gay]] person to hold this role.<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>
== Personal life == Delery is [[gay]]. Upon his nomination as [[United States Associate Attorney General|associate attorney general]] in 2012, he became the highest-ranking openly-gay person serving in the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Openly Gay Stuart Delery To Serve As Acting Associate Attorney General. Delery has a husband, Richard, and two children, Michael and Sebastian.|url=http://www.ontopmag.com/article/19389/Openly_Gay_Stuart_Delery_To_Serve_As_Acting_Associate_Attorney_General|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=On Top Magazine|language=english}}</ref>
== See also == * [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6)]] * [[List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{C-SPAN|66380}}
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