page_title: Thomas J. Perrelli
section_title: Obama administration
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas J. Perrelli / Career / Obama administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Associate Attorney General Tom Perelli at a 2009 Pfizer Settlement Press Conference
context_page_description: Thomas John Perrelli is an American lawyer and the former United States Associate Attorney General. He served as Associate Attorney General during the administration of President Barack Obama. Perrelli also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States in the late 1990s.
context_section_description: On January 5, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Perrelli as the 18th Associate Attorney General of the United States. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in a 72-20 vote on March 12, 2009.
  Perrelli ordered career attorneys in the Civil Rights Division to drop a civil case they had prepared (under the 1965 Voting Rights Act) against members of the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation at Philadelphia polling places in the United States elections, 2008.
  In February 2012, Perrelli resigned from his post as Associate Attorney General.
caption: Associate Attorney General Tom Perelli at a 2009 Pfizer Settlement Press Conference
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