Associate Attorney General

The United States associate attorney general is the third-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The associate attorney general advises and assists the attorney general and the deputy attorney general in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters. The associate attorney general is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

United States Associate Attorney General
File:Seal of the United States Department of Justice.svg Seal of the Department
File:Flag of the United States Associate Attorney General.svg Flag of the Associate Attorney General
File:Ben Mizer.jpg Incumbent Benjamin C. Mizer Acting  since February 2, 2024
United States Department of Justice
Reports to	Attorney General
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	28 U.S.C. § 504a
Formation	March 10, 1977
First holder	Michael J. Egan
Website	justice.gov/asg

The Office of the Associate Attorney General oversees the Antitrust Division, the Civil Division, the Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Tax Division, the Office of Justice Programs, the Community Oriented Policing Services, the Community Relations Service, the Office of Dispute Resolution, the Office of Violence Against Women, the Office of Information and Privacy, the Executive Office for United States Trustees, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

The Office of the Associate Attorney General was created on March 10, 1977, by Attorney General Order No. 699-77.

List of United States associate attorneys general

No.	Portrait	Name	Years in office	President
1		Michael J. Egan	1977–1979	Jimmy Carter
2	File:JohnHShenefield (cropped).jpg	John H. Shenefield	1979–1981
3	File:2019 Rudolph Giuliani, Ex-Prefeito de Nova York - 48789790128 (cropped).jpg	Rudolph W. Giuliani	1981–1983	Ronald Reagan
4	File:D Lowell Jensen Senior District Judge.jpg	D. Lowell Jensen	1983–1985
5	File:ArnoldBurnsSenate.png	Arnold I. Burns	1985–1986
6	File:Stephen S. Trott Circuit Judge.jpg	Stephen S. Trott	1986–1988
7	File:Frank Keating at a conference, Oct 20, 2001 - cropped.jpg	Frank Keating	1988–1990	George H. W. Bush
Vacant			1990–1992
8		Wayne Budd	1992–1993	George H. W. Bush
9		Webster Hubbell	1993–1994	Bill Clinton
10		John Schmidt	1994–1997
11	File:Raymond C. Fisher.JPG	Raymond C. Fisher	1997–1999
12		Daniel Marcus	1999–2001
13		Jay B. Stephens	2001–2002	George W. Bush
–	File:Peterkeisler.jpg	Peter Keisler *	2002–2003
14	File:Robert D. McCallum, Jr.jpg	Robert McCallum Jr.	2003–2006
–	File:William W. Mercer.jpg	William W. Mercer *	2006–2007
–	File:Gregory G. Katsas.jpg	Gregory G. Katsas *	2007–2008
15	File:Kevin J. O'Connor.jpg	Kevin J. O'Connor	2008–2009
16	File:Thomas Perrelli USDOJ portrait.jpg	Thomas J. Perrelli	2009–2012	Barack Obama
17	File:TonyWest-Official DOJ Portrait.jpg	Tony West	2012–2014
–	File:Stuart Delery.png	Stuart F. Delery *	2014–2016
–	File:William J. Baer official photo.jpg	William J. Baer *	2016–2017
–	File:Jesse Panuccio official photo.jpg	Jesse Panuccio *	2017	Donald Trump
18	File:Rachel Brand official photo.jpg	Rachel Brand	2017–2018
–	File:Jesse Panuccio official photo.jpg	Jesse Panuccio *	2018–2019
–	File:Claire McCusker Murray official portrait.jpg	Claire McCusker Murray*	2019–2021
–	File:Matthew Colangelo (cropped).jpg	Matthew Colangelo*	2021	Joe Biden
19	File:Asg vanita gupta.jpg	Vanita Gupta	2021–2024
–	File:Ben Mizer.jpg	Benjamin C. Mizer*	2024–present
* Acting Associate Attorney General