United States Associate Attorney General

The **United States associate attorney general** (**ASG**) is the third-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. The position of the associate attorney general was created on March 10, 1977.

## Duties

The duties of the associate attorney general are:

1. Help run the Department of Justice – They help the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General manage how the DOJ works.

2. Oversee key divisions – They are in charge of several parts of the DOJ, like:

Civil Division (handles lawsuits involving the U.S. government)

Antitrust Division (deals with unfair business practices and monopolies)

Civil Rights Division (protects people’s rights and fights discrimination)

Environment and Natural Resources Division (handles environmental laws)

3. Advise on policy – They help shape the government’s legal policies and make sure they follow the law.

4. Coordinate with other agencies – They often work with other parts of the government on issues like civil rights, consumer protection, and environmental enforcement.

5. Represent the DOJ – They may speak on behalf of the Department in public, in meetings, or before Congress.

## List of associate attorneys generals

||Portrait|Name|Years in office|President||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Michael J. Egan|align="center"|1977–1979|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|Jimmy Carter|
||John H. Shenefield|align="center"|1979–1981|||
||Rudolph W. Giuliani|align="center"|1981–1983|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Ronald Reagan|
||D. Lowell Jensen|align="center"|1983–1985|||
||Arnold I. Burns|align="center"|1985–1986|||
||Stephen S. Trott|align="center"|1986–1988|||
||Frank Keating|align="center"|1988–1990|align="center"|George H. W. Bush|
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|_Vacant_|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|_1990–1992_|||
||Wayne Budd|align="center"|1992–1993|align="center"|George H. W. Bush|
||Webster Hubbell|align="center"|1993–1994|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Bill Clinton|
||John Schmidt|align="center"|1994–1997|||
||Raymond C. Fisher|align="center"|1997–1999|||
||Daniel Marcus|align="center"|1999–2001|||
||Jay B. Stephens|align="center"|2001–2002|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"|George W. Bush|
||Peter Keisler <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2002–2003|||
||Robert McCallum Jr.|align="center"|2003–2006|||
||William W. Mercer <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2006–2007|||
||Gregory G. Katsas <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2007–2008|||
||Kevin J. O'Connor|align="center"|2008–2009|||
||Thomas J. Perrelli|align="center"|2009–2012|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Barack Obama|
||Tony West|align="center"|2012–2014|||
||Stuart F. Delery <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2014–2016|||
||William J. Baer <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2016–2017|||
||Jesse Panuccio <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2017|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Donald Trump|
||Rachel Brand|align="center"|2017–2018|||
||Jesse Panuccio <sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2018–2019|||
||Claire McCusker Murray<sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2019–2021|||
||Matthew Colangelo<sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2021|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|Joe Biden|
||Vanita Gupta|style="text-align:center"|2021–2024|||
||Benjamin C. Mizer<sup>*</sup>|align="center"|2024-2025|||
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center"|<sup>*</sup> Acting Associate Attorney General|||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: United States Associate Attorney General
- **insignia**: Flag of the United States Associate Attorney General.svg
- **insigniasize**: 140
- **insigniacaption**: Flag of the associate attorney general
- **imagesize**: 180
- **department**: United States Department of Justice
- **reports to**: United States Attorney General, Attorney General
United States Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General
- **appointer**: The President of the United States, president
- **appointer qualified**: with United States Senate, Senate advice and consent
- **termlength**: No fixed term
- **formation**: March 10, 1977
- **first**: Michael J. Egan