Helaine Greenfeld
Helaine Greenfeld | |
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Acting Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs | |
Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Stephen Boyd |
Personal details | |
Born | Helaine Ann Greenfeld |
Children | 2 |
Education | Yale University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Helaine Ann Greenfeld is an American attorney who is the nominee to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the Biden administration.
Early life and education[]
A native of Baltimore, Greenfeld earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.[1]
Career[]
From 2001 to 2006, Greenfeld worked as legal counsel for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. She also worked in the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration, including in the Civil Rights Division and Office of Legal Policy. She later served as chief nominations counsel to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy before returning to the Department of Justice during the Obama administration, working as deputy associate attorney general and a counselor to then-Attorney General Eric Holder.[2] From August 2017 to November 2019, Greenfeld served as chief counsel to Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono. In 2020, she was special counsel to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary during the confirmation process of Amy Coney Barrett.[3]
After Joe Biden assumed office as president in January 2021, Greenfeld joined the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs as acting assistant attorney general. In April 2021, she was nominated to serve in the position in a permanent capacity.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Helaine A Greenfeld Profile | Washington, DC Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Rosin, Hanna (August 4, 2005). "They're Fishing on the Hill, but It's No Vacation". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Levine, Marianne; Bresnahan, John (September 28, 2020). "Senate Judiciary panel staffs up for Barrett fight". Politico. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Six Key Administration Nominations". The White House. April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Helaine Greenfeld - U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs (Jan. 2021-), Assistant Attorney General, Acting - Biography | LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- Living people
- Yale University alumni
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- Maryland lawyers
- United States Department of Justice officials
- United States Department of Justice lawyers
- Clinton administration personnel
- Biden administration personnel
- Obama administration personnel
- Lawyers from Baltimore
- People from Chevy Chase, Maryland