Associate deputy attorney general is a position in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. The number of positions varies widely depending on the staffing discretion of the deputy attorney general, but in 2017, there were five such positions, all of whom served as advisors to the deputy attorney general. There is also a separate principal associate deputy attorney general, who is the principal advisor to the deputy attorney general, and to whom all associate deputy attorneys general report. The associate deputy attorney general positions are filled by Senior Executive Service (SES) career attorneys, by SES political appointees, or by non-SES career attorneys serving on detail assignments from elsewhere in the department.
The position is not to be confused with the deputy associate attorneys general, who report to the associate attorney general.
List
Nixon administration
Charles D. Ablard
Ford administration
Rudy Giuliani
Togo D. West Jr.
Reagan administration
Randy Levine (Principal) James H. Burnley IV Roger Clegg Bruce Fein Wayne L. Kidwell
George H. W. Bush administration
Dee Benson
Peter Ferrara
Clinton administration
Merrick Garland (Principal) Robert S. Litt (Principal) Irvin B. Nathan (Principal) Edward C. DuMont Paul J. Fishman Andrew Fois Brian Anthony Jackson Rory K. Little David Margolis David W. Ogden Catherine M. Russell Seth P. Waxman Monty Wilkinson
George W. Bush administration
William W. Mercer (Principal) Christopher A. Wray (Principal) Ted Cruz David S. Kris Stuart A. Levey Kevin J. O'Connor Johnny Sutton Karen Tandy Patrick B. Murray
Obama administration
Lisa Monaco (Principal) Kathryn Ruemmler (Principal) Stuart Goldberg (Principal) Matthew Axelrod (Principal) David O'Neil Armando Omar Bonilla Samir Jain Neil MacBride Steven Reich Carlos Uriarte Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Miriam Vogel
Trump administration
James A. Crowell (Principal) Robert K. Hur (Principal) Ed O'Callaghan (Principal) Seth D. DuCharme (Principal) Richard Donoghue (Principal) Antoinette Bacon Adam Braverman Zachary Bolitho Steve Cook Erin Creegan Richard DiZinno Christopher Grieco Brendan Groves Stacie Harris Jarad Hodes Bruce Ohr Patrick Hovakimian William Hughes Amanda Liskamm Jennifer Mascott Michael Murray Sujit Raman Scott Schools G. Zachary Terwilliger Robyn Thiemann David Wetmore
Biden administration
John P. Carlin (Principal) Marshall Miller (Principal) David Newman Emily Loeb Kevin Chambers