Dana Remus

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Dana Remus
White House Counsel
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byPat Cipollone
Personal details
BornNew Hampshire, U.S.
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2018)​
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Dana Ann Remus is an American attorney. She serves as White House counsel to U.S. President Joe Biden, since January 2021. Prior to her appointment as White House counsel, Remus was general counsel for 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.[1]

Early life and education[]

Dana Remus was born in New Hampshire[1] and raised in the town of Bedford.[2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2002.[3][4]

Career[]

In 2008, Remus clerked for Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito. She also clerked for Judge Anthony Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[5] She eventually joined Cravath, Swaine & Moore. 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).[6] She also taught at the University of New Hampshire School of Law[7] and judicial and legal ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Remus joined the Obama administration, serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel for Ethics. After Obama left office, Remus joined the Obama Foundation as general counsel and also served as counsel to Michelle Obama. She left the Foundation in 2019 to become general counsel for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.

Biden administration[]

Remus was named White House counsel on November 17, 2020.[8]

Personal life[]

Dana Remus is married to Brett M. Holmgren. The wedding took place on January 21, 2018, in Washington, D.C., with Barack Obama officiating.[9]

See also[]

  • List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Aldridge, Bailey (November 17, 2020). "Who is Dana Remus? Senior counsel to President-elect Biden has a North Carolina tie". The News & Observer. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  2. ^ DiStaso, John (November 19, 2020). "NH Primary Source: Newly named Biden legal counsel Dana Remus was raised in Bedford". WMUR-9. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Kashino, Marisa M. (October 26, 2020). "If the Election Leads to a Legal Battle, Here Are the Lawyers Who Will Head Up the Fight". Washingtonian. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Biden for President Campaign Organization - Staff, Advisors and Supporters". www.democracyinaction.us. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Ollstein, Alice Miranda; Cook, Nancy. "Biden names former Alito clerk to top White House job". POLITICO. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "Drexel Law lines up faculty - Philadelphia Business Journal". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Two Members of the Rudman Advisory Board Named to Top Posts in Biden Administration". University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. December 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Barber, C. Ryan (November 17, 2020). "Former Alito Clerk Dana Remus Is Named Biden White House Counsel". National Law Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  9. ^ Garrison Phillips, Hayley (January 23, 2018). "President Obama Officiated at a Wedding in DC This Past Weekend". Washingtonian. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

External links[]

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Preceded by
Pat Cipollone 		White House Counsel
2021–present 		Incumbent
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