Current Counsel
Of the 20 senior, associate, and deputy associate counselors at the commencement of the Obama Administration, eleven were women. Half were from either Harvard Law School or Yale Law School. Two attended Columbia Law School; two attended Stanford Law School. Several other top law schools were represented by one counselor. The current White House Counsel is a graduate of Georgetown Law. Most attended top undergraduate institutions as well.
Senior Counsels include:
- Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President: Kathryn Ruemmler
- Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council: Avril Haines
- Deputy Counsel: Leslie Kiernan
- Deputy Counsel: Caroline Cheng
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