List of Assistant Attorneys General in Charge of OLC
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| Name | Years Served | Appointed By | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus D. MacLean | 1933-1935 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Golden W. Bell | 1935-1939 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Charles Fahy | 1940-1941 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Oscar S. Cox | 1942-1943 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Hugh B. Cox | 1943-1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Harold W. Judson | 1945-1946 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| George T. Washington | 1946-1949 | Harry Truman | |
| Abraham J. Harris | 1950-1951 | Harry Truman | |
| Joseph C. Duggan | 1951-1952 | Harry Truman | |
| J. Lee Rankin | 1953-1956 | Dwight Eisenhower | |
| W. Wilson White | 1957 | Dwight Eisenhower | After a short tenure, selected to be first head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division |
| Malcolm R. Wilkey | 1958-1959 | Dwight Eisenhower | |
| Robert Kramer | 1959-1961 | Dwight Eisenhower | |
| Nicholas deB. Katzenbach | 1961-1962 | John F. Kennedy | |
| Norbert A. Schlei | 1962-1966 | John F. Kennedy | |
| Frank H. Wozencraft | 1966-1969 | Lyndon Johnson | |
| William H. Rehnquist | 1969-1971 | Richard Nixon | Later nominated and confirmed as Associate, and subsequent Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Ralph E. Erickson | 1971-1972 | Richard Nixon | |
| Roger C. Cramton | 1972-1973 | Richard Nixon | |
| Antonin Scalia | 1974-1977 | Gerald Ford | Later nominated and confirmed as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| John M. Harmon | 1977-1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
| Theodore B. Olson | 1981-1984 | Ronald Reagan | Later became U.S. Solicitor General |
| Charles J. Cooper | 1985-1988 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Douglas Kmiec | 1988-1989 | Ronald Reagan | |
| William P. Barr | 1989-1990 | George H.W. Bush | |
| Michael Luttig | 1990-1991 | George H.W. Bush | |
| Timothy Flanigan | 1991-1992 | George H.W. Bush | |
| Walter Dellinger | 1993-1994 | Bill Clinton | Later became Acting U.S. Solicitor General |
| Beth Nolan | 1995 | acting | Served as Acting Assistant AG, OLC, while Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Nominated to become Assistant AG, OLC, but Senate did not vote on the nomination. Became White House Counsel in 1996. |
| Dawn Johnsen | 1996-1998 | acting | |
| Randolph D. Moss | 1998-2001 | Bill Clinton | Served as Acting AAG from 1998-2000; nominated November 9, 1999; Recess-appointed Aug. 3, 2000; confirmed by United States Senate December 15, 2000 |
| Jay S. Bybee | 2001-2003 | George W. Bush | In charge when the OLC issued the "Torture memo" |
| Jack Goldsmith | 2003-2004 | George W. Bush | Professor at Harvard Law School and author of The Terror Presidency (after resigning from OLC) |
| Daniel Levin | 2004-2005 | acting | |
| Steven G. Bradbury | 2005-2009 | acting | Served as Acting AAG from 2005-2007 (nominated June 23, 2005; nomination approved by Senate Judiciary Committee but never voted on by full Senate), continued to function as senior appointed official in charge of OLC until Jan. 20, 2009 |
| David J. Barron | 2009-2010 | acting | Professor at Harvard Law School and served as Acting AAG from January 2009-July 2010. |
| Jonathan G. Cedarbaum | 2010-2011 | acting | Served as Acting AAG, July–November 2010; continued to function as senior appointed official in charge of OLC until the end of January 2011. |
| Caroline D. Krass | 2011 | acting | Senior appointed official leading OLC since the end of January 2011 until June 2011, when Virginia A. Seitz was confirmed. |
| Virginia A. Seitz | 2011–present | Barack Obama | Confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote on June 28, 2011. |
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